Materials and Chemicals

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  • Plasma gasification can cure COVID biomedical waste ills

    The high-temperature waste decomposition process deactivates infectious materials and yields valuable synthesis gas.

  • How to protect electronic components with dam and fill method

    This video shows how a damming compound and filler material can protect an electronic component.

  • Transforming coal waste into silica aerogel

    Coal gangue, a solid waste generated during coal mining and washing, represents a silicon-rich feedstock that can be exploited for the economical synthesis of industrially valuable silica aerogels.

  • Thermoreversible gel paves the way to programmable nanocrystal networks

    A new type of tunable nanocrystal gel offers scope for use as thermal camouflage or as a temperature regulator for buildings.

  • Bio-based copolymer resin helps consumer electronics industry achieve net-zero carbon emissions goals

    The bio-based polycarbonate copolymer can help the consumer electronics industry meet net-zero carbon emissions goals.

  • Plasma-enhanced HVAC filter promises to stop the spread of COVID-19

    Immediately after passing through the plasma filter during lab tests, the researchers determined that the aerosolized virus culture was inactivated by roughly 99.8%.

  • Antiviral/antibacterial additive developed by KIMS researchers

    Applications for the non-toxic additive include films for display technology, textiles, home appliances, windows, automobiles, sanitary products, furniture and medical supplies.

  • Video: Cleanup complete at plutonium finishing plant

    Final project demobilization and documentation activities, including pressure-washing equipment and surveying for contamination, were completed in December 2021.

  • World first: Solar power used to produce clinker

    The world's first solar clinker, a key component of cement, has been produced by CEMEX and Synhelion.

  • The seven hottest years on record

    The past seven years have been the hottest ever recorded globally, according to Copernicus Climate Change Service.

  • Tight tolerance control allows pumping without seals

    Insaco machines and polishes technical ceramic to extreme tolerances. Applications benefit in many fields.

  • Kombucha cultures improve living water filters

    Water filters made from a kombucha culture with living bacteria and yeast are more resistant to clogging compared to traditional membrane filters.

  • Report identifies dozens of “super-emitting” oil and gas facilities

    The report also revealed that repairing said leaks could potentially reduce 100,000 metric tons of methane annually — or prevent $26 million a year in wasted gas.

  • A bio-based method for rare Earth recovery

    A beneficial link between bacteria and the rare Earth element supply chain has been forged by researchers from Pennsylvania State University and U.S. Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory.

  • Scientists aim to keep underwater pipelines open using neutron-based technique

    TechnipFMC, a company that specializes in subsea pipelines, turned to neutrons — subatomic particles — to function as a probe dubbed Prompt Gamma Activation Analysis (PGAA).

  • New cellulose-based thin film shows promise for several applications

    The new cellulosed-based film reportedly demonstrated enhanced strength, toughness, stiffness and extensibility when measured against other films.

  • Study maps sewage inputs to coastal ecosystems

    A global wastewater model and map identify inputs of nitrogen and pathogens across 130,000 watersheds worldwide.

  • Video: Improving the efficiency of plastic waste separation

    Research provides insights to improve waste plastic recovery with magnetic density separation technology.

  • Researchers test coating-reinforced highway columns against collision, explosion

    The researchers sought to determine the effectiveness of protecting such structures by wrapping the columns in a fiber-reinforced polymer or coating them in a compound called polyurea.

  • Coating improves pipeline performance

    IFC is a nano-composite coating that uses small molecular structures for coating microscopic crevices in existing pipelines, resulting in improved gas pipeline productivity and lowered greenhouse gas emissions.

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