Tag: polymer

Lignin’ on a dream!

The paint can cool buildings by as much as 6°C compared to the surroundings.

Neat trick.

They're bending the rules!

Walk a mile in these shoes.

Sweet.

By adding fibers, scientists have turned a soft gel into a material tougher than many metals.

It overcomes a major hurdle in plastic recycling.

For centuries, chocolatiers have been trying to develop the perfect chocolate coating for bonbons, honing their skill to the point ...

This polymer can change shape and release tremendous amounts of stored elastic energy relative to its weight simply by being ...

MIT scientists have developed a material that can absorb solar energy, stores and release it on demand to produce heat. ...

When your plastic device breaks, there's basically nothing else to do but shrug, try to glue it then go on ...

A new liquid-infused polymer can make sure that medical equipment is bacteria free by being extremely slippery. This technology, which ...

Researchers at the Université de Strasbourg made a polymer gel that is able to contract similar to how a muscle ...

Researchers from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) have found a way to enlarge and map brain samples. This inexpensive ...

With the finger or a force measurement instrument, no information is obtained about the bottom side ...

Stanford chemical engineers have developed a theoretical model that sheds light on the electrical conductivity properties of polymers. Their work ...

Say hello to drop-proof smartphones and whole new generation of plastic products that will be far more durable and strong ...

Ever since the days of the ancient Greek, people were puzzled by the fact that apparently, hippos sweat blood; this ...

Data storage has reached great heights in the past two decades. You can now fit in a typical PC hard-drive ...