Tag: Advanced Materials
‘Space Skin’ a New Spacecraft Material for Energy Harvesting
A 'space skin' could help protect spacecraft and satellites from harsh solar radiation while also harvesting energy for future use in the craft's mission,...
MIT Engineers Grow “Perfect” Atom-Thin Materials
MIT engineers grow “perfect” atom-thin materials: True to Moore’s Law, the number of transistors on a microchip has doubled every year since the 1960s....
‘Smart’ Coating Could Make Fabrics Into Protective Gear
Precisely applied metal-organic technology detects and captures toxic gases in air.
‘Smart’ Coating Could Make Fabrics Into Protective Gear: Adurable copper-based coating developed by Dartmouth...
Technology Turns Corn into Chemicals Then into Materials
Research discovery will enable the manufacturing of biorenewable materials from trees and corn
Technology Turns Corn into Chemicals Then into Materials: MINNEAPOLIS/ST. PAUL (01/09/2023)—A team...
MIT Moving Water and Earth
A new understanding of how particle shape controls grain flow could help engineers manage river restoration and coastal erosion.
MIT Moving Water and Earth: As...
Rapid Energy Sharing Between Semiconductors
Researchers discover that electrons play a surprising role in heat transfer between layers of semiconductors, with implications for next-generation electronic devices
Rapid Energy Sharing Between...
Sustainable Plant-Based Foam for Car Seats and Mattresses
The big idea
Sustainable Plant-Based Foam for Car Seats and Mattresses : A new plant-based substitute for polyurethane foam eliminates the health risk of the...
Process to Create Freestanding Membranes of ‘smart’ Materials
Technology could be used to make faster, more efficient electronic devices and components
New Process to Create Freestanding Membranes of 'smart' Materials: MINNEAPOLIS / ST....
Amcor Makes New Lightweight Material Water Bottle
Introducing Quantum from Amcor Rigid Packaging, the next step in bottle lightweighting that focuses on the finish aka the threads that accept a cap...
Huge Step Towards Strong and Durable Biobased Plastics
Overcoming the low reactivity of biobased secondary diols in polyester synthesis
Huge Step Towards Strong and Durable Biobased Plastics: In a recent paper in Nature...
