Sunflower seed husks, a huge waste product of the vegetable oil and food industry, could be used as an environmentally friendly filler, or aggregate, for concrete according to Turkish researchers writing in the International ...
Engineering
Apr 26, 2013
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Humans have been experimenting with and utilizing glassy materials for more than ten millennia, dating back to about 12000 B.C. Although glassy materials are the oldest known artificial materials, new discoveries and novel ...
Condensed Matter
Dec 3, 2014
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Glass can be synthesized through a novel "crystal-liquid-glass" phase transformation. Crystalline materials can be fine-tuned for desired properties such as improved mass transfer and optical properties through coordination ...
Analytical Chemistry
Feb 6, 2024
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Decontamination of landfills and open dumpsites could prove profitable – both financially and for the environment. This is demonstrated by Yahya Jani in a new dissertation in environmental science from Linnaeus University.
Environment
Mar 23, 2018
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The modern challenge of nuclear waste storage and disposal has researchers at Washington State University looking back at ancient materials from around the world.
Materials Science
Apr 26, 2016
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Archaeological finds of glass material from Old Lödöse, a Swedish trade centre in the High Middle Ages, call for a revision of the country's glass history. This is the conclusion of a doctoral thesis in archaeology from ...
Archaeology
Oct 16, 2014
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Consider the humble tire. Sitting outside on a frigid winter day, it's hard as a stone, yet when spinning under a drag racer, a tire becomes warmly pliable. For everyday materials, from glass to rubber to plastic, these fundamental ...
Polymers
Mar 11, 2019
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A joint paper by the Department of Computational Physics and Modeling of Physical Processes and Udmurt Federal Research Center of the Russian Academy of Sciences published in the journal Materials introduces an algorithm ...
Condensed Matter
Feb 27, 2023
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Thanks to special adhesive elements on their feet, geckos, spiders and beetles can easily run along ceilings or walls. The science of bionics has attempted to imitate and control such bio-inspired abilities for technological ...
Materials Science
Sep 4, 2018
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Studying the fractures of industrially important materials such as ceramics and glasses provides important clues on why these materials can fail and how to make them more durable. The practice of "fractography," however, ...
Materials Science
Sep 19, 2016
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