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By selectively pulling hydrogen atoms from branched polyolefins, chemists have come up with a way to chemically modify common polymers. The chemistry could expand the life span of these polymers beyond single-use plastics by upcycling them into higher-value materials,...
source: Chemical Engineering & News
Voters in Greenland are choosing a new parliament. The general election is seen by many as a referendum on mining projects meant to diversify the Danish territory's economic prospects. The election campaign for parliament's 31 seats has...
source: TRT World Now via YouTube
An artificial "sunflower" that autonomously bends, folds and twists itself to optimize the amount of light it receives could be a key ingredient in intelligent solar cells of the future. The device is made from a biopolymer-based photonic crystal and its developers say that...
source: Physics World
Fossil-based polyethylene terephthalate (PET) plastics are widely used in packaging and plastic bottles, amongst other things. While plastics have many benefits in food packaging, they also cause major environmental issues such as plastic...
source: Innovation News Network
The Department of Energy's Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory recently released a report entitled "Halfway to Zero," referring to a goal of a zero-emission U.S. electric grid. The report's headline claim is a bit bogus, in that we've...
source: Ars Technica
A safer and more environmentally-friendly polyurethane-like polymer has been created using fishery and aquaculture waste. The work, led by chemistry professor Francesca Kerton from Memorial University of Newfoundland in Canada, was presented at the American Chemical Society's...
source: Chemistry World
The mass production of high-performance perovskite solar cells could soon become easier now that researchers in Taiwan and the U.S. have discovered a simple alteration to the manufacturing process. The technique was developed...
source: Physics World
While graphene has been recognized for its ability to filter out contaminants in water, it has remained limited by feasibility issues — until now.
An engineering team from the University at Buffalo has devised a new 3D printing technique...
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Spiderwebs are some of the most alluringly complex natural phenomena that you are likely to encounter on a morning walk. Spiders use the minute vibrations in their webs to perceive their environment, so what might it sound like if we...
source: Vice
When long-chain flexible polymers are dissolved in a turbulent flow, the flow properties can be changed drastically by reducing the drag and enhancing the mixing. A fundamental riddle in materials science is to understand...
source: Phys.org
