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Polymers Dec 15, 2022

Wearable electronics could soon be made with a starch-based material to prevent e-waste

Soft, wearable sensors can improve our lives, but these soft and stretchable electronic devices are nearly impossible to recycle. As a result, this electronic waste usually ends up in landfills or polluting the environment. ...

Materials Science Dec 13, 2022

Using heat and magnetic fields, team remotely manipulates composite material with high level of control

Researchers from the Public University of Navarre (UPNA/NUP), part of the Smart Cities (ISC) and InaMat2 institutes, have remotely manipulated a composite made of thermoplastic and iron powder using heat and magnetic fields, ...

Nanophysics Nov 28, 2022

A life-inspired system that dynamically adjusts to its environment

Researchers have developed a synthetic system that responds to environmental changes in the same way as living organisms, using a feedback loop to maintain its internal conditions. This not only keeps the material's conditions ...

Materials Science Nov 25, 2022

Research aims to develop innovative recovery of valuable raw materials from 'red mud'

Waste slags from the metallurgy industries often contain valuable materials, but in very small concentrations. This means that large areas of valuable land are used to accommodate reservoirs filled with what is sometimes ...

Materials Science Nov 23, 2022

New research improves the coolness factor for athletes

Weekend joggers, competitive athletes and people keeping fit in the gym can say goodbye to sweaty armpits and clingy damp garments after a tough workout.

Materials Science Nov 15, 2022

A next generation material that adapts to its history

Inspired by living systems, researchers at Aalto University have developed a new material that changes its electrical behavior based on previous experience, effectively giving it a basic form of adaptive memory. Such adaptive ...

Materials Science Oct 25, 2022

Functional carbon materials for addressing dendrite problems in metal batteries

Metal batteries, with active metals as anodes, are considered as one of the most promising solutions to achieve the energy upgrade of battery technologies, yet their practical applications are hindered by the dendrite problems ...

Analytical Chemistry Oct 21, 2022

Sensing food temperature and freshness using laser-induced graphene on eco-friendly and biodegradable commercial paper

A research group led by Prof. Seung Hwan Ko from the Dept. of Mechanical Engineering in Seoul National University has developed new technology for sensing food temperature and freshness using laser-induced graphene on eco-friendly ...

Bio & Medicine Oct 21, 2022

Star-shaped nanoparticles may help to fight cancer

Together with colleagues, a group of scientists from Immanuel Kant Baltic Federal University synthesized nanostructures of gold and iron oxides that have improved magnetic and optical properties because of their unique star ...

Materials Science Oct 21, 2022

Material called a mechanical neural network can learn and change its physical properties

A new type of material can learn and improve its ability to deal with unexpected forces thanks to a unique lattice structure with connections of variable stiffness, as described in a new paper by my colleagues and me.

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