Materials and Chemicals

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  • Farmer-owned cooperative makes E15 available at 19 additional fuel terminals

    The company is the only refiner to remove barriers for its retail brand locations by establishing a misfueling mitigation plan that is approved by the EPA, and establishing E15 as a qualifying grade of fuel, in order to make E15 more accessible.

  • Welding camp empowers girls to enter manufacturing, STEM fields

    Chicago-area GLoW camp teaches middle school, high school girls how to weld, grind and cut metal.

  • Over one-third of electrical steel sales to concentrate in energy generation

    The increasing demand for electrical steel from diverse industries such as automotive, power generation and home appliances is shaping the growth outlook of the electrical steel market.

  • Interactive US map flags areas of water quality concern

    The tool provides users with information on state policies and programs to test for lead in school drinking water.

  • Study: Lead production trends linked to lead level trends in human body

    As worldwide lead production increased so did the rates of lead absorption found in people who lived during that time, even if they were not direct participants in lead production.

  • LED device detects lethal gases, rotting food

    Device could improve safety of consumers, firefighters, miners and military personnel.

  • Cold forging: Understanding the process and some key calculations

    Cold forging is a metal shaping and manufacturing process that plastically deforms and compresses a piece of raw material under a punch and a die.

  • Double-sided tapes increase competition with alternative bonding technologies

    Double-sided tapes continue to gain popularity over other fastening systems due to their greater strength and ability to outperform similar market offerings.

  • The Post-COVID-19 hospital: Part 2

    Part 2 discusses remote monitoring, masks and telehealth.

  • Windows as transparent solar-thermoelectric systems

    The transparent power generating window combines solar-thermaloelectric conversion with a wavelength-selective film.

  • New stainless steel material proves to stand the test of time

    Its resistance to corrosion is 15 times higher than any material drilling screw on the market and can ensure no rust for over 200 years outdoors.

  • New wound-dressing film promises to heal

    The biocompatible film heals and protects wounds.

  • 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.

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