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The modern world is filled with synthetic polymers, long-chained molecules designed by scientists to fill all manner of applications. Researchers at FAMU-FSU College of E...
In spring, not only snowdrops and crocuses sprout, but also construction sites on Swiss roads. Repair work, patching and renewal is everywhere. Some of the old asphalt fr...
Lithium-ion batteries are everywhere: from smartphones and laptops to cars and even satellites. It is currently our most mature battery technology. Yet it is not ideal fo...
For decades, scientists have been probing the potential of two-dimensional materials to transform our world. 2D materials are only a single layer of atoms thick. Within t...
A team led by University of Minnesota Twin Cities scientists and engineers discovered a new method for tuning the thermal conductivity of materials to control heat flow β...
Scientists at the Department of Energyβs Oak Ridge National Laboratory have invented a coating that could dramatically reduce friction in common load-bearing systems with...
Korean researchers and an SME have successfully commercialized a light sourceΒ capable of transmitting 25 billion bits per second over long distances for the first time in...
Older buildings tend to leak heat through their walls, requiring much more energy to maintain a comfortable temperature in summer or winter. Those constructed prior to th...
Numerous high-functioning thermoelectric substances were found during the previous twenty years, but their potential has remained unrealized due to the absence of efficie...
A researcher at Missouri University of Science and Technology is looking to solve the problems of tomorrow by using chemistry from the distant past. Dr. Monday Uchenna Ok...
Superconductors can conduct electricity without any resistance or power loss, and they can effortlessly cause magnets to levitate above them. These properties would make...
OffWorld Europe and the Luxembourg Space Agency (LSA) have recently signed a pivotal agreement to launch a comprehensive, multi-year development program for an In-Situ Re...
In traditional manufacturing, components are created out of larger blocks of source material (such as steel) and the unused excess materials or the machining scraps are t...
Materials known as metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) have a rigid, cage-like structure that lends itself to a variety of applications, from gas storage to drug delivery. By...
Transportation systems in urban settings are vulnerable to a variety of factors including weather, traffic congestion, and special events. Bottlenecks, in particular, can...
Concrete is the most used material in the construction industry and dates to the Roman Empire. Engineers at the University of Pittsburgh are now reimagining its design fo...
Integrating sensors into rotational mechanisms could make it possible for engineers to build smart hinges that know when a door has been opened, or gears inside a motor t...
Wejo Group Limited, a global leader in Smart Mobility for Good™ cloud and software solutions for connected, electric and autonomous vehicle data, today announced a...
The countdown is on! The specialist ship that will deliver the new Scott Base research station to Antarctica has been booked for January 2027 β exactly 70 years after the...
Slips, trips and falls (STFs) remain the top causes of major injuries in the workplace. According to the International Labour Organization, more than a million workers gl...
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...
Pushing a shovel through snow, planting an umbrella on the beach, wading through a ball pit, and driving over gravel all have one thing in common: They all are exercises...
Argonne National Laboratory scientists have found a new way to make materials for batteries, magnets and microelectronics. The worldβs best artists can take a handful of...
Designing a battery is a three-part process. You need a positive electrode, you need a negative electrode, and β importantly β you need an electrolyte that works with bot...
An environmentally sustainable building material which could significantly reduce the carbon footprint of the construction industry is being developed with the support of...
The nature and properties of materials depend strongly on dimension. Imagine how different life in a one-dimensional or two-dimensional world would be from the three dime...
Water treatment sludge could be used to prevent 117,000 kilometres of sewer pipes in Australia from cracking in future, without any intervention by humans, helping to sav...
Scientists have measured the highest toughness ever recorded, of any material, while investigating a metallic alloy made of chromium, cobalt, and nickel (CrCoNi). Not onl...
University of Minnesota Twin Cities researchers have discovered a new method to move objects using ultrasound waves. The research opens the door for using contactless man...
Factories in various industries use vegetable oils. These can be both edible oils and technical ones, which are used, for example, for lubricating parts. Oils are often s...
High-entropy alloys are a new class of alloys that are composed of four or more metallic elements in approximately equal amounts. For example, conventional commercial alu...
Yanliang Zhang, associate professor of aerospace and mechanical engineering at the University of Notre Dame, and collaboratorsΒ Alexander DowlingΒ andΒ Tengfei LuoΒ have deve...
Magnets generate invisible fields that attract certain materials. A common example is fridge magnets. Far more important to our everyday lives, magnets also can store dat...
Argonne collaborates with US laboratories on research to identify promising biofuelsΒ for different engine types. Biofuel is closer to becoming a cost-competitive, climate...
Often referred to as smart materials, temperature-responsive or thermoresponsive polymers are gaining attention for their ability to respond to external temperature chang...
Bitumen Report β October 10, 2022 Crude oil had the biggest weekly growth since March 2022 and it shocked the market participants. Bitumen also had a hot market last week...
Since the initial discovery of what has become a rapidly growing family of two-dimensional layered materials β called MXenes β in 2011, Drexel University researchers have...
Amid global efforts towards carbon neutrality, automakers all over the world are actively engaged in research and development to convert internal combustion engine vehicl...
What will be the impact to the ocean if humans are to mine the deep sea? Itβs a question thatβs gaining urgency as interest in marine minerals has grown. The oceanβs deep...
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