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PEEK HPV Delivers Enhanced Equipment Performance in Oil and Gas Operations

The oil and gas industry demands materials that can operate reliably in environments consistently exposed to heat, pressure, abrasion, and chemicals. Bearing-grade PEEK HPV...
Rice paper has material characteristics similar to the most a widely used silicone materials in soft robotics

Renewable rice robots offer appetising role for the future

Scientists at the University of Bristol have created soft robots from rice paper which biodegrades safely within 32 days. The team has discovered that the...
quantum emitters in hexagonal boron nitride

Defects in 2D material could serve as quantum bits

Carbon-doped hexagonal boron nitride shows promise as quantum tech platform Scientists across the world are working to make quantum technologies viable at scale ⎯ an...
An H-cell modified with electrodes and an ion-conducting ceramic membrane

New fuel cell could enable electric aviation

These devices could pack three times as much energy per pound as today’s best EV batteries, offering a lightweight option for powering trucks, planes,...
Illustration of a fiber membrane removing heat from an electronic chip through evaporation. Credit: Tianshi Feng

New Cooling Tech Could Curb Data Centers’ Rising Energy Demands

Engineers at the University of California San Diego have developed a new cooling technology that could significantly improve the energy efficiency of data centers...
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Researchers develop living material from fungi

Fungi are considered a promising source of biodegradable materials. Empa researchers have developed a new material based on a fungal mycelium and its own...
Monolayer SnS as New Semiconductor Towards Wave-parallel Computing and Spin-valleytronic Application

Ultra-thin tin sulfide sheets for next-generation electronics

A team of researchers from Tohoku University, National Institutes for Quantum Science and Technology (QST), and Cambridge University have demonstrated a new way to...
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Window-sized device taps the air for safe drinking water

MIT engineers developed an atmospheric water harvester that produces fresh water anywhere — even Death Valley, California. Today, 2.2 billion people in the world lack...
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How to Enhance Polymer Properties Through Crosslinking

Do you know what makes crosslinked polymers an edge above linear polymers? Linear polymers have long chains held by weaker van der Waals force or...
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Plastic-like materials that dissolve in the sea

Supramolecular materials that fully degrade when soaked in saltwater have the potential to help address the microplastics pollution crisis. Microplastics—small fragments of plastics less than...
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