Polymer is becoming increasingly important across global construction, infrastructure and industrial technology, influencing how projects are visualised, coordinated, delivered and managed over time.
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From planning and design to field execution and asset management, this topic sits at the centre of digital change across the built environment, helping teams improve visibility, accuracy, coordination and long-term performance.
The global plastics crisis has reached a crossroads, where traditional waste management systems can no longer keep pace with escalating production. Mechanical recycling,...
From nylon and Teflon to Kevlar and beyond, polymers are the backbone of modern industry. These versatile, large-molecule compounds have transformed everything from house...
at the Department of Energyβs Oak Ridge National Laboratory have developed a method that demonstrates how fibre-reinforced polymer composite materials used in the automot...
Polymers are large molecules that are made by linking a series of identical building blocks. They are attractive for manufacturing because they are inexpensive and easy t...
Using fibre-reinforced concrete instead of rebar-supported slabs for constructing Metro Phoenix light rail extensions is giving new meaning to rapid transit. Months of co...
Until now, you can have a metal or a plastic, but not both in one. However, things donβt have to stay that way. In the journal Angewandte Chemie, a Chinese research team...
Often referred to as smart materials, temperature-responsive or thermoresponsive polymers are gaining attention for their ability to respond to external temperature chang...
Polyethylene plastics, in particular, the ubiquitous plastic bag that blights the landscape β are notoriously hard to recycle. Theyβre sturdy and difficult to break down,...
A new high-temperature polymer fuel cell that operates at 80-160 degrees Celsius, with a higher-rated power density than state-of-the-art fuel cells, solves the longstand...
Researchers at the Department of Energyβs Oak Ridge National Laboratory designed a novel polymer to bind and strengthen silica sand for binder jet additive manufacturing,...
New Village Initiativeβs Advanced Materials Group (βAMGβ) has developed a highly engineered polymer asphalt additive that significantly reduces rutting and cracking. βNew...
Just like any long polymer chain, DNA tends to form knots. Using technology that allows them to stretch DNA molecules and image the behavior of these knots, MIT researche...
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