Category: Chemicals & Materials

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Synthetic Biology: The Next Big Disruptor?

– The Future of Food, Fuel, Pharma, and Chemicals By: Patricia Rubert-Nason, PhD PreScouter Technical Project...
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Self-Healing Concrete: Start of Biological Buildings

– DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY, DELFT, NETHERLANDS. Bioconcrete is a newly developed type of concrete that...
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Graphene: How This Miracle Material is Transforming Every Industry

– In the 1940s, plastic was portrayed as a “miracle material” by the American chemical industry....
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How a Transparent Window Coating can Harvest Solar Energy

– MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY, MICHIGAN, USA. The sunlight coming through your window as you read this...
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The Method of ‘Caging’ Water Molecules

– UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON, SOUTHAMPTON, UK. Several scientists came together to study the method of ‘caging’...
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Rechargeable Lithium-Ion Battery 30 Times Smaller And 2,000 Times More Powerful

– UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS, ILLINOIS, USA. In a modern world where life is defined depending on...
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Nanosponges that Absorb Toxins in the Bloodstream

– UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, CALIFORNIA, USA. A team of researchers were able to develop biomimetic nanosponges...
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New Adaptive Material Inspired By Human Tears

– HARVARD UNIVERSITY, MASSACHUSETTS, USA. A new kind of adaptive material has just been designed by...
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Smart Fiber: Changing Colors When Stretched

– HARVARD UNIVERSITY, MASSACHUSETTS, USA and UNIVERSITY OF EXETER, SOUTH WEST ENGLAND, UK. A fabric that...
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Self-Cleaning Cotton Fabric When Flaunted To Sunlight

– SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY, CHINA. Scientists were able to develop a new cotton fabric that...
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Employing a Nano-Bio-Bandage That Will Instantly Stop Bleeding

– MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, MASSACHUSETTS, USA. Sponges layered with thrombin can immediately stop bleeding. They...
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Circuits that Function in Extreme Temperatures

– CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY, CLEVELAND, USA. Engineers have found a way to make integrated amplified...
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Leaf-Inspired Solar Panels Make a Huge Increase in Power Generation

– PRINCETON UNIVERSITY, NEW JERSEY, USA: Researchers from Princeton University have achieved a 47 percent increase in...
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Using eNose In Identifying Bombs, Diseases And Harmful Chemicals

– CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, CALIFORNIA, USA. The human and canine nose is being mimicked by...
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Deriving electricity from wastewater and bacteria

– NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE, SINGAPORE. In an energy production scheme that combines two inventions from different...
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SLIPS: A Liquid repellent, Anti-dust Miracle Surface

– HARVARD UNIVERSITY, USA. A technology that makes wiping surfaces to keep them clean a thing...

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