(Phys.org) —As the fight against global warming heats up, scientists around the world are in pursuit of ways to generate natural gas without compromising the environment and human health. But what if there were a way to ...
Materials Science
Feb 12, 2014
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Natural gas and biogas have become increasingly popular sources of energy throughout the world in recent years, thanks to their cleaner and more efficient combustion process when compared to coal and oil.
Materials Science
Apr 9, 2019
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A team of researchers at the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) has devised a new method for making complex molecules. The reaction they have come up with should enable chemists to synthesize new varieties of a ...
Materials Science
Jan 12, 2012
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From its early beginnings during and after World War II, the commercial industry for polymers – long chain synthetic molecules of which "plastics" are a common misnomer – has grown rapidly. In 2015, over 320 million tons ...
Environment
Aug 9, 2018
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(Phys.org)—A team of researchers with members from several institutions in South Korea has developed a new polymer that is able to improve the power output of triboelectric nanogenerators. In their paper published on the ...
Goodyear's 1839 discovery of the vulcanization of natural rubber obtained from rubber trees marks the beginning of the modern rubber industry. A variety of synthetic rubber products were subsequently developed. In the journal ...
Materials Science
Jul 10, 2017
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(Phys.org) —The idea of '"going green" for one person can mean anything from driving a hybrid car to simply recycling glass bottles. But Barbi Wheelden, a doctoral student in chemical engineering, is thinking more globally. ...
Materials Science
Jun 7, 2013
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Researchers from the School of Chemistry of the National University of Mexico (UNAM) have developed a polymer derived from gallic acid—a low-cost organic compound found in tea leaves, oak bark, apples and blueberries with ...
Polymers
Jul 6, 2015
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A thin shell of soft polymer can help keep knotty ceramic structures from shattering, according to materials scientists at Rice University.
Materials Science
Jul 7, 2021
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In a recent study published in Matter, Chinese researchers observed the dynamic gating process at sub-2 nm speed in nanochannels.
Nanomaterials
Dec 15, 2021
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