Sharks, found in deep and shallow waters throughout the oceans, are some of the oldest living creatures on planet Earth. Shark skeletons, made of rubbery tissue called cartilage, have fascinated scientists for eons. Sharks ...
Plants & Animals
Feb 2, 2022
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Thermoplastic elastomers (TPEs—sometimes called thermoplastic rubbers) are a chemically-bonded combination of multiple polymers ("copolymer")—typically a plastic and a rubber—that have both thermoplastic and elastomeric ...
Materials Science
Dec 20, 2021
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The natural structure of the rigid oceanic crust that forms a shell around Earth contains cracks and faults. These fissures are hydrothermal pathways for heat, water, and chemical solutions to move between the ocean and the ...
Earth Sciences
Dec 10, 2021
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Food texture can make the difference between passing on a plate and love at first bite. To date, most studies on food texture center on relating a food's overall composition to its mechanical properties. Our understanding ...
General Physics
Dec 3, 2021
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Researchers have developed a jelly-like material that can withstand the equivalent of an elephant standing on it, and completely recover to its original shape, even though it's 80% water.
Materials Science
Nov 25, 2021
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Living cells are the basic building blocks of all organisms. We, as humans, are essentially a collection of trillions of living cells: and all these cells emerge from a single fertilized egg. This means that "mitosis" (or ...
General Physics
Oct 29, 2021
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The growing popularity of 3D printing for manufacturing all sorts of items, from customized medical devices to affordable homes, has created more demand for new 3D printing materials designed for very specific uses.
Materials Science
Oct 15, 2021
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315
A group of researchers led by scientists from the RIKEN Center for Emergent Matter Science and the University of Tokyo has created an unusual material—a soft crystal made of molecules known as a catenanes—that behaves ...
Condensed Matter
Oct 13, 2021
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A new chemical process for additive manufacturing suggests exciting possibilities for 4D printed components—such as properties that change over time.
Materials Science
Oct 11, 2021
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For some 50 years scientists have worked to harness Bloch oscillations, an exotic kind of behavior by electrons that could introduce a new field of physics—and important new technologies—much like more conventional electronic ...
Condensed Matter
Oct 5, 2021
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