What plants can teach us about oil spill clean-up and microfluidics
For years, scientists have been inspired by nature to innovate solutions to tricky problems, even oil spills—manmade disasters with devastating environmental and economic consequences....
3D Printed Hyperelastic Bone Now Commercially Available for Research
About a year and a half ago, scientists at Northwestern University made a major breakthrough. They developed a form of 3D printed hyperelastic bone that not only encourages...
A future colorfully lit by mystifying physics of paint-on semiconductors
Some novel materials that sound too good to be true turn out to be true and good. An emergent class of semiconductors, which could...
Neutrons help demystify multiferroic materials
Materials used in electronic devices are typically chosen because they possess either special magnetic or special electrical properties. However, an international team of researchers...
Polymers Reduce Drag More than Expected
Adding polymer to a liquid was thought to reduce drag only up to a point, but new experiments have found exceptions to the usual...
ACETAL SHEET ESD NATURAL
Static Dissipative Polyoxymethylene
Acetal is a mechanical thermoplastic with high
strength and stiffness coupled with enhanced
dimensional stability and ease of machining. As a semi-crystalline material, acetal...
Physicists discover new quantum electronic material
With an atomic structure resembling a Japanese basketweaving pattern, “kagome metal” exhibits exotic, quantum behavior.
A motif of Japanese basketweaving known as the kagome pattern...
Rubbery carbon aerogels greatly expand applications
Researchers have designed carbon aerogels that can be reversibly stretched to more than three times their original length, displaying elasticity similar to that of...
SABIC Expands Fast-Growing Additive Manufacturing Materials Portfolio with Three New Filaments
April 2018 – SABIC, a global leader in the chemical industry, announced here at RAPID + TCT the third expansion of its additive manufacturing materials offering within...
Adidas Futurecraft 4D shoes: The fourth dimension is hype
Can light, oxygen, and liquid resins make a comfortable midsole?
Adidas is getting serious about turning its 3D-printed concepts into consumer products. Last week, the sportswear giant...
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