Researchers Demonstrate use of Metal-Organic Frameworks to Degrade Plastics
Method efficiently breaks down plastic bottles into component parts
What if the life cycle of the plastic bottle was circular? Where a used plastic bottle...
3D Printing Smart Clothes with a New Liquid Metal-Alginate Ink
“Liquid Metal Microgels for Three-Dimensional Printing of Smart Electronic Clothes”
ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces
In the future, smart clothing might monitor our posture, communicate with...
Seeing More Deeply into Nanomaterials
New 3D imaging tool reveals engineered and self-assembled nanoparticle lattices with highest resolution yet—7nm—about 1/100,000 of the width of a human hair
UPTON, NY—From designing...
When Atoms Get Out of Line
Author Rebecca McDonald
How materials are impacted by the extreme conditions of a nuclear reactor
The inside of a nuclear reactor is a treacherous place. Neutrons, escaping from unstable, radioactive atoms, collide with neighboring atoms, causing...
Leaf-inspired bioplastic shrugs off liquids and biodegrades in soil
By Ben Coxworth
February 09, 2022
If you're designing a plastic for applications such as food packaging, you want it to stay clean but you don't want it to...
Perovskite solar modules with a marble look
From 2022, photovoltaics will be mandatory for all new buildings in Baden-Württemberg. From May, this will also affect private households, where the proportion of...
AeroSHARK thin film reduces drag on airplanes
When nature acts as a role model: Lufthansa Group and BASF introduce sharkskin technology
The shark is a true master of drag reduction: Lufthansa Technik...
Research and industry partnership helps forge 21st century metallurgy
At 12 years old, Gideon Crawford was making knives in the family basement, and now, as a Virginia Tech senior in the Department of...
If the UN wants to slash plastic waste, it must tackle...
You pick up a piece of plastic litter from the beach, and get a small buzz. You’ve done something for the environment. But then...
UNDER PRESSURE: A NEW THEORY LETS US PREDICT WHEN SOFT MATERIALS...
Research led by UMass Amherst has major implications for polymer engineering
Researchers led by a team from the University of Massachusetts Amherst recently announced a...
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