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Researchers turn to two crops to tackle environmental harm of apparel made with synthetic fibers
02/05/2024
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From risottos to sauces, mushrooms have long been a staple in the kitchen. Now fungi are showing the potential to serve up more than just flavor—as a sustainable, bendy material for the fashion...
Researchers find use of olivine in cement production could result in carbon negative concrete
02/05/2024
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A small team of materials scientists and environmental engineers at Imperial College London has found that using olivine in cement could result in carbon-negative concrete. In their study, published...
Researchers develop improved power pole insulation materials to prevent power pole-top fires
01/05/2024
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Engineers in Australia have found a new way to make power-pole insulators resistant to fire and electrical sparking, promising to prevent dangerous pole-top fires and reduce blackouts.
Activity in a room stirs up nanoparticles left over from consumer sprays, study shows
01/05/2024
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Common household products containing nanoparticles—grains of engineered material so miniscule they are invisible to the eye—could be contributing to a new form of indoor air pollution, according...
Computational workflow engine, matched with robotic platform, used to drive experiments for the first time
30/04/2024
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Computational and experimental methods in materials science are often described as entirely separate affairs. On one side, computer simulations are used to explain and predict the properties of...
Scientists develop strong yet reusable adhesive from smart materials
30/04/2024
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Scientists from Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU Singapore) have developed a smart, reusable adhesive more than 10 times stronger than a gecko's feet adhesion, pointing the way for...
Fragility crossover mediated by covalent-like electronic interactions in metallic liquids
30/04/2024
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In the field of glass and liquid sciences, the so-called fragility is a key concept that characterizes how rapidly the liquid dynamics showdown on lowering the temperature. However, a long-standing...
Researchers improve the plasticity of ceramic materials at room temperature
29/04/2024
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Researchers in Purdue University's College of Engineering have developed and validated a patent-pending method that could expand the industrial applications of ceramics by making them more...
Scientists discover a new type of porous material that can store greenhouse gases
29/04/2024
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A new type of porous material that can store carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases has been developed by a team of scientists jointly led by Heriot-Watt University in Edinburgh, Scotland.
Recovering phosphorus from sewage sludge ash to address problem of diminishing supplies of phosphorus ores
28/04/2024
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Valuable supplies of phosphorus could be recovered from sewage sludge ash, which remains after the sludge has been burned for electric power generation. The method has been developed by chemical...
Thiol-ene click reaction offers a novel approach to fabricate elastic ferroelectrics
28/04/2024
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A research group led by Prof. Li Runwei and Hu Benlin at the Ningbo Institute of Materials Technology and Engineering (NIMTE) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences has developed a facile and efficient...
Towards novel promising perovskite-type ferroelectric materials: High-pressure synthesis of rubidium niobate
28/04/2024
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Capacitors are crucial components in electronic devices such as smartphones and computers. They are made of dielectric materials that polarize on the application of the voltage. Currently, barium...
A strategy to boost the efficiency of perovskite/organic solar cells
28/04/2024
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In recent years, researchers have been experimenting with a wide range of solar cell designs in the hope of facilitating their widespread deployment. Organic solar cells based on perovskite materials...
Scientists are shaking up lithium extraction with a different kind of chemistry
28/04/2024
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When people think of chemistry, the image that typically comes to mind is a variety of colored liquids in beakers, flasks, and test tubes in a lab. But in actual practice, chemistry can involve...
Built-in bionic computing: Researchers develop method to control pneumatic artificial muscles
28/04/2024
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Creating robots to safely aid disaster victims is one challenge; executing flexible robot control that takes advantage of the material's softness is another. The use of pliable soft materials to...
Researcher develop high-performance amorphous p-type oxide semiconductor
28/04/2024
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Researchers have collaborated on the development of a tellurium-selenium composite oxide semiconductor material. Their efforts led to the successful creation of a high-performance and highly stable...
A framework to compare lithium battery testing data and results during operation
28/04/2024
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Reliably monitoring the amount of lithium (Li) present in rechargeable batteries, specifically in the so-called cathode active material (CAM), is key to understanding the condition of batteries from...
New approach could make reusing captured carbon far cheaper, less energy-intensive
28/04/2024
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Engineers at Georgia Tech have designed a process that converts carbon dioxide removed from the air into useful raw material that could be used for new plastics, chemicals, or fuels.
High-energy-density capacitors with 2D nanomaterials could significantly enhance energy storage
25/04/2024
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In the quest for more efficient and sustainable energy solutions, a multi-university research team has reached a significant milestone in capacitor technology. Researchers from the University of...
Freeze casting—a guide to creating hierarchically structured materials
25/04/2024
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Freeze casting is an elegant, cost-effective manufacturing technique to produce highly porous materials with custom-designed hierarchical architectures, well-defined pore orientation, and...
Chemical rope trick at molecular level: Mechanism research helps when 'trial and error' fails
25/04/2024
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In most industrial chemical reactions, catalysts combine with the starting materials and accompany them through intermediate stages to the product. In chemistry, this pathway is known as the reaction...