PVC Plastics Prove Perfect for Off the Grid DIY Heated Shower Systems
Everyone enjoys a hot shower, even at the campsite or off the beaten path, but the price of hot water systems can run into...
Building A Stronger Body Armor
Texas A&M researchers have found that adding silicon to a material used to make body armor can make it more resilient to firearms.
According to...
Creating a Seal | Laser Engraving Delrin Seals
This week we're laser engraving Delrin and showing you how to create seals. These are our Trodat seals which are mostly used by lawyers...
Physicists shed X-ray light on melting polymers
Physicists from the Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology (MIPT) and Lomonosov Moscow State University have combined thermal analysis and X-ray scattering—two techniques for...
New polymer tackles PFAS pollution
The problem of cleaning up toxic polyfluorinated alkyl substances (PFAS) pollution—commonly used in non-stick and protective coatings, lubricants and aviation fire-fighting foams—has been solved...
Nano-sandwiching prevents overheating in nanoelectronics
Sandwiching two-dimensional materials used in nanoelectronic devices between their three-dimensional silicon bases and an ultrathin layer of aluminum oxide can significantly reduce the risk...
Increase battery life of electronic devices by more than a hundred-fold
Among the chief complaints about a smartphone, laptop and other battery-operated electronics users are that the battery life is too short and—in some cases—that...
Ammo for the Marine Corps .50 caliber is getting a whole lot lighter
One of the first polymer case ammunition rounds for wide production in the Marine Corps will be for its heavy-duty machine gun, the venerable...
Split Pillow Block Bearings – Food Grade Nylon & UHMW
Plastic Machining Company offers a low friction precision tolerance split pillow block bearing housings made from durable close-tolerance Nylon & UHMW, which offers incredible...
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...
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