Materials and Chemicals

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  • Barnacles inspire blood-repelling tissue glue for sealing wounds

    The adhesive, which mimics barnacles, offers an improved method for treating traumatic injuries.

  • Graphene bound to drugs that destroy bacteria on medical implants

    The researchers coated graphene-based material in water-insoluble usnic acid.

  • Invisible coating could protect artwork, create efficient solar panels

    The coating promises to protect against gases, UV light.

  • Team to sterilize ambulances using microwaves

    The antennas featured in the system enabled the researchers to focus and direct microwave radiation onto particularly high-traffic surfaces.

  • Coating promises to reduce implant rejection

    The coating has already lowered the incidence of rejection in lab mice.

  • Coating developed for endotracheal tubes

    Coating may prevent upper airway bacterial inflammation during intubation.

  • Video: Marine bio-fouling eliminated by electrically charged coating

    Coating could save billions in bio-fouling costs.

  • Textile scientists create patch that detects unsafe firefighter clothing

    Sensor detects when firefighting gear is no longer safe.

  • PFAS reports included in preliminary data for 2020 US Toxics Release Inventory

    Preliminary Toxics Release Inventory data issued for 2020 include the first-ever reporting of PFAS releases.

  • Video: Robot will soon be capable of 3D printing subsea pipeline repairs in situ

    3D printing capabilities to be incorporated into self-propelled robotic pipeline inspection and repair system.

  • Amazonian fungus key to cheap sugarcane-based biofuel production

    The development of a cheap enzyme cocktail has been one of the main challenges in the production of second-generation ethanol.

  • Alternative products to combat the polyurethane foam shortage

    KPS Global is offering alternative non-polyurethane foam products during the ongoing supply chain shortage.

  • Thermoelectric material efficiently turns waste heat into electricity

    The polycrystalline material is the most efficient on record.

  • Team creates construction binder from industrial waste

    An international team of researchers developed a production method to create high-quality gypsum binders from industrial waste.

  • Preventing oil and gas activity induced earthquakes

    New technique promises to reduce earthquakes provoked by oil and gas activities.

  • Study determines cost of plugging, reclaiming orphaned oil and gas wells

    The cost for reclaiming and plugging orphaned oil and gas wells is considerably more than just plugging the wells.

  • Video: Aluminum pillars de-ice airplanes on the fly

    The de-icing method exploits how frost grows on pillar structures to suspend ice as it forms into a layer less likely to adhere.

  • Recycling nanowires from electronic devices

    A low-cost technique retrieves nanowires from end-of-life electronic devices for reuse.

  • The electropolishing solution for common metal surface problems

    Learn why engineers in industries with no room for error rely on electropolishing for ultra-smooth and defect-free metal parts.

  • Study: Differences in the environmental toll of fracking versus conventional drilling are negligible

    Fracking and conventional drilling not all that different in terms of environmental impact, according to study.

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