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Rusty Steel Mesh Reclaimed as Battery Electrodes
Coin cells made with these new electrodes demonstrate excellent capacity, discharge voltages, and cycle stability.
Cellulose Microbeads Reduce Plastic Waste in Rivers and Oceans
Microbeads made from cellulose can replace their plastic counterparts, preventing tons of waste plastic from entering inland waterways and the world’s oceans.
VIDEO: Transformative Food Could Reshape the Way Food is Transported
MIT’s Media Lab and Tangable Media Group have teamed up to revolutionize food printing called the transformative appetite. Using food printing technology, pasta is printed in a 2-D shape that is flat until it is put into boiling water.
An Electrocatalytic Route to Chemicals from Lignin
The method breaks down lignin and converts it into commodity chemicals.
Processes Enabling Nanomanufacturing
The processes that nanomanufacturing engineers use to fabricate nanomaterials, nanoelectronic devices and other nanotechnology products depend on their nanotechnology approach and the specific nanotechnology product being manufactured. Two major approaches to nanomanufacturing are top down and bottom up. Nanofabrication processes enable the bottom-up approach. Nanoimprinting and self-assembly processes are newer nanofabrication processes under development. Powder and particle fabrication methods enable the top-down approach.
Detecting Hazardous Radioactive Substances from Even Greater Distances
A new method for detecting hazardous radioactive substances from remote distances has been developed by Professor Eunmi Choi and a team of UNIST researchers.
First Monolayer Magnet Discovered
Breakthrough research has identified the first material—chromium triiodide, CrI3--that retains its intrinsic magnetic properties when formed in a single layer.
Using Chemical Fingerprints to Fight Illegal Logging
A recent research paper proposes forensic chemical analysis to solve another problem plaguing the lumber industry: illegal logging.
Monolithic Box Culverts from Oldcastle Precast
Monolithic box culverts from Oldcastle Precast are one-piece, rectangular, four-sided concrete structures used in managing and storing storm water or natural water sources that need to circumvent built structures, such as a roadway that is built over a stream.
Oil, Water and Nanotech
Researchers have used magnetic nanoparticles to develop an efficient method for removing oil from water.
New Ecofriendly Waterproofing Materials Developed
A new type of waterproofing and antifouling/fogging materials has been developed by Swansea University scientists in the Energy Safety Research Institute (ESRI). This material could replace the expensive and hazardous materials that are currently in use.
Sustainable Agriculture with Lasers
Scientists hoping to avoid the use of herbicides and the labor involved with physically removing weeds—both challenging to sustainable agriculture—are developing a tool that would instead both identify and eliminate weeds.
A New Use for Old Cars
Instead of rotting away in a salvage yard or in someone’s driveway, researchers have imagined a different ending for some of the parts that make up vehicles.
Sandcastles Inspired New Technique to 3-D Print Silicone Rubber
Researchers at North Carolina State University used an unlikely inspiration to 3-D printing of flexible and porous silicone rubber structures: the principles behind making sandcastles with wet sand.
Fluoropolymer Membranes That Fit Venting Applications
Saint-Gobain’s ZITEX G is ideal for venting applications and others, including electrochemical gas sensors, gasketing, and chemical filtering in harsh environments. Based on a porous form of PTFE, it takes advantage of that fluoropolymer’s outstanding non-wetting attributes due to its low surface tension.
Flexible Polymers with a Design Inspired by Oysters
A new technique for tuning nanoparticle assembly may lead to development of super-strong composite materials for structural applications.
Sensitive Hydrogen Sensor Uses Hafnium
The optical properties of hafnium change linearly with the pressure and temperature of the material, making hafnium sensors very easy to calibrate.
New Fabric Coating Resistant to Chemical Weapons
Scientists have developed a way to attach a light coating to fabrics that is capable of neutralizing some of the toxins released and delivered through the skin in chemical warfare. This technology could save lives in a chemical attack.
Using Drones for Pipeline Inspections
Hoping to make the task of inspecting gas and oil pipelines for maintenance, security and safety issues more efficient, scientists at the University of Aberdeen believe employing aerial drones may benefit the industry.
Simulated Space Dirt Manufactured for NASA
‘Space dirt’ – asteroid simulants – is being formulated to advance extraterrestrial excavation and mining processes for NASA.