As custom-made prosthetics can now be easily created with 3D printing, bioengineers are exploring other methods to manufacture real cellular materials. This technology could form the origin for tissue-engineered skin, personalized biomedical devices, bone, cartilage, and even working bladders.
Soft materials possess significant amounts of damping energy, and this is the reason why rubber tires are capable of absorbing the shock of potholes and bumps. If researchers try to develop autonomous soft systems such as soft robots, they will then require a technique to transfer energy across soft materials.
A lot of nothing, or something, is what is required to strengthen or reinforce concrete. The “nothing” part can be defined as microscopic voids and the “something” part has specific particles inserted into the most frequently used construction material on Earth.
Asynt have introduced the CondenSyn Mini - a new high performance air condensor optimised for small scale synthetic chemical reactions performed in 5, 10 and 25ml flasks.
Just 20cm long and fitted with a B14 adapter &...
The University of Bristol engineers have developed a new shape-changing metamaterial. This metamaterial was created using an ancient Japanese art known as Kirigami. In Kirigami, 3D shapes are obtained by cutting and folding paper.
Researchers from the Imperial College London have suggested that it is possible to create a new form of light by coupling light into a single electron. The resulting light has the properties of both the electron and the light.
A highly breathable material with the ability to give protection against biological agents has been created by a group of researchers from the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory as part of the work aiming at protecting soldiers from chemical and biological threats.
Research work carried out at the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory could help cadmium-tellurium-based solar cells to achieve their theoretical levels of efficiency.
A battery capable of storing energy in a biologically-derived unit has been developed by a team of chemists from the University of Toronto (U of T), opening the door for cost-effective, environmentally friendly consumer electronics.
After she studied fuel cells at Montana State University, Erica Eggleton was keen to continue research activities either with a college or in industry.
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