Tag: Plastic Star
Soft Material Robot Detects Damage and Heals Itself
By David Nutt, Cornell Chronicle
Soft Material Robot Detects Damage and Heals Itself: If robots are going to venture into remote environments that humans can’t reach,...
New Material to Replace Paper Towels
New Material to Replace Paper Towels: When it comes to kitchen spills, paper towels and rags do the job. But using a hydrogel—a gelatin-like...
Controlling Single Molecule to Move on Command
Controlling Single Molecule to Move on Command: Controlling the rotation of this molecule could lead to new technologies for microelectronics, quantum computing and more.
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Rice Flashes New Life into Lithium-Ion Anodes
Fast ‘green’ process revives essential battery components for reuse
Rice Flashes New Life into Lithium-Ion Anodes: How many rechargeable lithium-ion batteries are you wearing? How...
Chemists Create Quantum Dots with Lab-Designed Protein
Wendy Plump, Department of Chemistry
Nature uses 20 canonical amino acids as building blocks to make proteins, combining their sequences to create complex molecules that perform...
Starch-Based Material for Wearable Electronics Could be Made
by University of Groningen
Starch-Based Material for Wearable Electronics Could be Made: Soft, wearable sensors can improve our lives, but these soft and stretchable electronic devices...
2D Material may Enable Ultra-Sharp Cellphone Photos in Low Light
Novel device also combines light sensing, computing to save energy
2D Material may Enable Ultra-Sharp Cellphone Photos in Low Light: UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — A...
Say Hello to the Toughest Material on Earth
A new study reveals the profound properties of a simple metal alloy
Say Hello to the Toughest Material on Earth: Scientists have measured the highest...
Flameproofing Lithium-Ion Batteries with Salt
A polymer-based electrolyte makes for batteries that keep working – and don’t catch fire – when heated to over 140 degrees F.
Flameproofing Lithium-Ion Batteries...
Adventures in Nanotech: Growing a Metallic Snowflake
Scientists working at the level of atoms are manipulating metals, opening up possibilities for creating new materials.
Adventures in Nanotech: Growing a Metallic Snowflake: Scientists...
