Bioprinting Living Cells Extremely Fast and at Very High Resolution in a 3D Printer
With a new process developed at TU Wien (Vienna), living cells can be integrated into fine structures created in a 3D printer — extremely fast…
With a new process developed at TU Wien (Vienna), living cells can be integrated into fine structures created in a 3D printer — extremely fast…
Catalytic method upcycles single-use plastic into high-quality liquid products. Single-use plastics might have more inherent value than you think. Researchers have developed a new method…
New research from North Carolina State University shows that unique materials with distinct properties akin to those of gecko feet – the ability to stick…
A new material that can selectively capture carbon dioxide (CO2) molecules and efficiently convert them into useful organic materials has been developed by researchers at…
From the intricate patterns of pollen grains to the logarithmic spirals of nautilus shells, biology is full of complex patterns, shapes, and geometries. Many of…
Their initial discovery seemed like a contradiction because most other polymer fibers were embrittle in the cold. But after many years of working on the…
Nature has evolved a dazzling array of materials that help organisms thrive in diverse habitats. Sometimes, scientists can exploit these designs to develop useful materials…
BigSMILES language allows computers and researchers to convey stochastic configurations more clearly. Having a compact, yet robust, structurally-based identifier or representation system for molecular structures…
Scientists from the CNRS and Aix-Marseille Université have recently shown how valuable light-sensitive macromolecules are: when exposed to the right wavelength of light, they can…
A team of Yale chemists is one step closer to using the ribosome — the cell’s protein-making factory — to create designer polymers, including stronger…
Rice University scientists plan to employ the power of the sun to build functional synthetic polymers using photosensitive quantum dots — microscopic semiconducting particles —…
A team of engineers at MIT have found a new strategy for reducing the number of loops in a polymer. The method could offer an…
New research from Oak Ridge National Laboratory shows that blending nanoparticles and polymers enables dramatic improvements in the properties of polymer materials. Polymer nanocomposites mix…
In a newly published study scientists from MIT and Brookhaven National Laboratory reveal how electrical charge carriers move in conjugated polymers, potentially opening up further…
Improvements in polymer solar cell technology continues as a new report documents the highest independently measured efficiency for a polymer solar cell, 10.6+/-0.3% with respect…
For the first time ever, scientists at the Polymers Institute of ETH Zurich have created two-dimensional polymers. They researched polymers with three or more covalent…
There’s been a lot more research into self-healing organic polymers, but it’s only recently that a self-healing mechanism from more than 60 years ago was…