Canon’s 120 megapixel image sensor captures video in frightening detail
Canon in September 2015 announced it was developing a couple of ultra-high resolution CMOS image sensors. Chief among them was the 120MXS with a staggering 13,280 x 9,184 effective pixel...
U.S. Plastics Resin Producers Set Goals to Recycle 100% of Plastic...
Recycle or Recover 100% of Plastic Packaging by 2040
WASHINGTON (May 2018)—The American Chemistry Council’s (ACC) Plastics Division today announced three ambitious goals that crystalize U.S. plastics...
Plastic-eating protein could bring about recycling revolution
A plastic-eating protein grown in a British laboratory could revolutionize recycling and prevent thousands of tonnes of non-biodegradable waste clogging up landfill sites and...
Polymers that mimic chameleon skin
Biological tissues have complex mechanical properties – soft-yet-strong, tough-yet-flexible – that are difficult to reproduce using synthetic materials. An international team has managed to...
Single-use plastic to get an eco-friendly makeover
Milk-based edible food packaging and ready-meal trays made from wood could help reduce the pervasiveness of single-use plastic, a major cause of environmental pollution...
Ink-Jet Printed Flexible Electrode Tattoo
In diagnostic methods like an electrocardiogram (ECG) or electromyography (EMG), typically gel electrodes are what doctors use to transmit electric impulses from a patient’s...
Interstate Plastics Provides Makrolon Marine Products for Extreme Outdoor Environments
May 2018, Sacramento, Calif. -- Interstate Plastics offers the highest quality of flexible polycarbonate options for the marine industry. Marine environments are harsh and...
Highest reported conductivity for organic radical polymer
A team of researchers with Purdue University has demonstrated the highest reported conductivity for an organic radical polymer to date, moving another step closer...
Lightweight metal foam blocks blastwave, debris from high-explosive rounds
New research from North Carolina State University and the U.S. Army's Aviation Applied Technology Directorate shows that stainless steel composite metal foam (CMF) can...
Paper-folding art inspires better bandages
Paper-folding art inspires better bandages
Cutting kirigami-style slits in stretchy films could make for bandages, heat pads, and wearable electronics that adhere to flexible surfaces.
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