The nature of how polymer clays work only has only recently come into fruition however this has led to the understanding that they have been around for a long time in the form of latex paints, ...

Most people are aware that plastic waste is a problem. Almost all types of plastics that we use in our everyday lives are ...

The widespread adoption of wearable technology over the past decade has significantly transformed the way we receive, share and process data. Researchers at MIT have developed 'smart' digital fiber ...

New research on how solid particles group together in the small intestine could aid our understanding of how nutrients and drug particles are absorbed during digestion Large molecules from dietary ...

Strong and tough yet as light as a feather - materials with this exceptional combination of properties are urgently needed in many industrial sectors and in medicine, as well as being of great ...

Metal fibers are strong, but can't be stretched very far. Rubber fibers are stretchy, but they're not very strong. Well, scientists have combined the selling points of both materials into one type of ...

Plastic optical fiber cables present growth opportunities in automotive, industrial, and smart infrastructure sectors due to ...

Rather than adding the laser dye to the initial monomer, the team uses a simple way of doping the fiber pioneered by colleagues at the National Chemical Laboratory, India and the University of Sydney.

A research team affiliated with UNIST has introduced a technology that generates electricity from raindrops striking rooftops ...