Shape-shifting material can morph, reverse itself using heat, light
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A new material developed by CU Boulder engineers can transform into complex, pre-programmed shapes via light and temperature stimuli, allowing a literal square peg...
Extrusion Speed Key to Improving FDM Part Quality?
Additive manufacturing technologies continue to develop extremely rapidly. By their principal capacity of reproducing any given geometric complexity, they leave all the classical approaches...
High performance graphene-based catalysts
NUS scientists have developed design guidelines that increase the catalytic effectiveness of graphene-based solid-state catalysts for potential industrial applications.
Catalysts are widely used in the...
Novel process to 3D print one of the strongest materials on Earth
Researchers from Virginia Tech and Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory have developed a novel way to 3D print complex objects of one of the highest-performing...
Computing catalysts—team unlocks the molecular secrets to a popular polymer
Polyisobutylene (PIB) is a workhorse polymer that is found in a multitude of products, ranging from chewing gum to tires, to engine oil and...
Plastic Machining Company Talks Supply Chain Streamlining Ahead of International Food Production & Processing...
The International Feed Expo, International Meat Expo, and International Poultry Expo combine at the Georgia World Congress Center, February 12 – 14 in Atlanta,...
A novel graphene quantum dot structure takes the cake
In a marriage of quantum science and solid-state physics, researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have used magnetic fields to...
Rice U. lab finds evidence of matter-matter coupling
After their recent pioneering experiments to couple light and matter to an extreme degree, Rice University scientists decided to look for a similar effect...
Clariant Limits Risk of Hydrolytic Degradation of Radiopaque Polymers Used in Catheters
Clariant, a world leader in specialty chemicals, is introducing new polymer compounds specially formulated to limit or even eliminate hydrolytic degradation, which is known...
How Lego Patents Helped Build a Toy Empire, Brick by Brick
The Danish toy company invented its basic brick, then designed a toddler-friendly version, before adding mini figures to the mix
In the continuing saga of...
