Tag: Advanced Materials
Harry Potter had magic. We have metamaterials.
In the world of Harry Potter, invisibility cloaks are made from the hair of a magical creature called a Demiguise. In our world, they...
Transparent, Conductive Films Pave the Way for Flexible Screens
Researchers have demonstrated the large-scale fabrication of a new type of transparent conductive electrode film based on nanopatterned silver. Smartphone touch screens and flat...
Carbon Brings Its Dental 3D Printing Solutions to National Dentex Labs
National Dentex Labs and Carbon Partner to Implement a 3D Manufacturing Solution across NDX Labs in the U.S.
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3D Printed Tool for Exploring Beneath Ice in Outer Space
Using 3D printing, fiberglass and stainless steel, a team from Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University developed a tool that could help NASA explore underneath ice-covered surfaces...
Scientists peep deep into a diamond to examine its defects
Researchers take a deep look into a diamond to see how the atoms in its platelet defects are arranged in the hardest natural material...
Starch can replace normal plastic in food packaging
Eventually, all petroleum-based material in food packaging will have to be replaced with a bio-based material. Research done at Karlstad University shows that a...
3D Printing with Cellulose fungal-like adhesive material (FLAM)
Cellulose is the most abundant and broadly distributed organic compound and industrial by-product on Earth. However, despite decades of extensive research, the bottom-up use...
Scientists create the thinnest films of liquid ever made
A team of physicists at the University of Vermont have discovered a fundamentally new way surfaces can get wet. Their study may allow scientists...
Plastics with a built-in self-destruct mechanism
Chemists in search of their Holy Grail: a plastic designed to die
Plastics were designed to last as long as possible, but they’re now blamed...
SABIC launches STADECK™ heavy-duty panels
SABIC, a global leader in the chemical industry, announces the launch of STADECK™, its new heavy- duty panel for the building and construction industry....
