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Video: New sodium-ion conductor stabilizes battery performance
The conductor offers scope for enhancing the stability of solid-state sodium-ion batteries.
Study: Ship coating major source of ocean microplastic pollution
Protective ship coatings may be responsible for some of the ocean's microplastic pollution issues.
Edible, plant-based coating developed for fruit packaging
Coating keeps produce fresh for longer.
Snakeskin-like film to prevent machine friction
Synthetic skin inspired by snake scales designed to prevent friction.
Membrane designed for oil spill remediation
Polymer scientists have developed a polymer membrane from biobased malic acid.
Bacterial biofilm can separate oil from water
Oil could not penetrate biofilm membrane in the lab.
New coating for paper products will decompose in bodies of water
Coating will decompose in water.
The Able Electropolishing advantage
Learn why engineers in industries with no room for error, like aerospace, medical device and food manufacturing, specify electropolishing for finishing their critical metal parts.
How to dissipate noise with fabricated adhesive materials
When it comes to noise associated with product designs, the primary sources are airborne noise and structural noise.
Building materials strengthened with sewage sludge
The addition of wastewater treatment plant sludge to clay yields a durable ceramic as a potential construction material.
Study: Nanofluids boost heat exchanger efficiency
The thermal performance of nanofluids developed to improve industrial heat exchanger operation was analyzed.
Ionic liquid delivers cost-efficient desalination
A new ionic liquid is 10 times more efficient than other solvents used for directional solvent extraction-based desalination.
Grain boundary diffusion reduces costs, improves performance of neodymium iron boron magnets
This article discusses the challenges and limitations of Neo magnets manufactured using conventional technology, and an overview is provided of grain boundary diffusion (GBD) technology.
Nanosilica filled, dual cure adhesive meets NASA low outgassing specifications
UV22DC80-1 is a one part dual cure system with UV and heat curing mechanisms.
Video: Nanomaterial from mites shows biomedical promise
The Tetranychus lintearius mite is an agricultural pest common to the European Atlantic coast but can also benefit society by contributing to materials engineering advances.
Sensor promises lower cost methane detection for the agricultural and oil and gas industries
Sensor can reportedly detect methane in the neighborhood of 0.1 parts per million.
Research creates 4x strength metals from nanoparticles
Exciting research demonstrated a way to chemically remove ligands, offering a novel way to bond metallic particles together, with bonds four times the strength of competing methods.
US Army to trial composite-based ammo
Composite material may reduce the load on soldiers.
Solar cells engineered to be fully foldable
The advent of foldable solar cells could expand solar power use in windows, phones and other applications.
Food scientists create edible holograms
The edible holograms could be used to label food.