Carbon fiber composites are preferred structural materials due to their high specific strength and modulus. Laminated construction of carbon composites and anisotropic nature, though, leave them sensitive to external loading. ...
Nanomaterials
Mar 21, 2023
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A global mapping project led by University of Queensland researchers has revealed the major stressors placed upon global coastlines by human activity.
Environment
Mar 20, 2023
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Researchers have developed and demonstrated an efficient and scalable technique that allows them to manufacture soft polymer materials in a dozen different structures, or "morphologies," from ribbons and nanoscale sheets ...
Polymers
Mar 10, 2023
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The Laboratory of Molecular Nanotechnology (NANOMOL) of the University of Alicante (UA) has developed a new family of materials as a state-of-the-art opportunity for the chemical industry, renewables, and the reduction of ...
Nanomaterials
Mar 9, 2023
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Sustainable energy solutions cannot be pulled out of thin air. However, combining air with metal and other frameworks may pave the way for environmentally friendly energy conversion and storage, according to a research team ...
Nanophysics
Mar 7, 2023
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The mainly brown woodcock uses its bright white tail feathers to communicate in semi-darkness, reflecting 30% more light than any other known bird.
Plants & Animals
Mar 1, 2023
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Australia's first "oyster gardening" project has shown the practice benefits the environment and could be an easy way for citizen scientists to improve marine environments.
Ecology
Feb 10, 2023
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The atmospheric level of carbon dioxide—a gas that is great at trapping heat, contributing to climate change—is almost double what it was prior to the Industrial Revolution, yet it only constitutes 0.0415% of the air ...
Environment
Feb 9, 2023
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A collaboration including scientists from Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL), Sandia National Laboratories, the Indian Institute of Technology Gandhinagar and Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory has created 3-4 ...
Nanomaterials
Feb 7, 2023
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Engineers have employed "electrospinning," a new technique of manufacturing nanomaterials, to produce a novel fabric that offers high performance protection against electromagnetic interference, a phenomenon that can result ...
Nanomaterials
Jan 30, 2023
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