These fabric bicycle spokes will lighten your load and keep you moving
When it comes to improving bicycle performance, weight is among the most important factors. With so many parts, developers have endless opportunities to shave...
Bead Chains Impersonate Polymer Molecules
Chains of metallic beads act a lot like polymer molecules, even though real polymers are in constant motion.
Granular materials such as sand often behave...
A magnetic method for polishing metals enables mold templates with microscale features
Injection molding enables large-scale production of polymer and plastic materials with micrometer-sized features. Now, A*STAR scientists have developed a method for creating mold templates...
FIRST SUSTAINABLE LEGO® BRICKS WILL BE LAUNCHED IN 2018
LEGO® botanical elements such as leaves, bushes and trees will be made from plant-based plastic sourced from sugarcane in the future and will appear...
Seeking materials that match the brain
Polina Anikeeva explores ways to make neural probes that are compatible with delicate biological tissues.
Polina Anikeeva was born in Leningrad, USSR, but grew up...
Biocompatible anti-burn nanofibers that act as ‘living bandages’
A group of NUST MISIS's young scientists has presented a new therapeutic material based on nanofibers made of polycaprolactone modified with a thin-film antibacterial...
DuPont Nylon is Still Changing the World
The DuPont company's organic chemist Wallace Carothers received a patent for linear condensation polymers, the basis of the material better known as nylon.
Carothers joined...
Were Team GB’s skeleton suits responsible for fantastic three medal haul?
Team GB skeleton rider Lizzie Yarnold won a stunning Winter Olympic gold on February 17, backed up by bronzes for Laura Deas and Dom...
New research overcomes incompatibility in recycling plastics
When Geoffrey Coates, the Tisch University Professor of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, gives a talk about plastics and recycling, he usually opens with this question:...
learnbylayers and Kodak Partner to Expand 3D Printing Education
More and more, we’re seeing the positive impact that 3D printing technology has on education, and many of the industry’s heavy hitters are doing their part to...
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