Innovation continues apace in textile design and development. Much of these advancements – building on the pioneering polymer work of Stephanie Kwolek, who invented Kevlar while at DuPont in the 1960s – are geared toward military applications, including l
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The big push in graphene research for electronics has been overcoming its lack of an inherent band gap. But silicon has another leg up on graphene when it comes to electronics applications: it can comparatively easily be p- and n-doped (positive and nega
Continue reading >>A Finnish company says that it has solved a problem that has vexed the designers of ultra-tall skyscrapers such as the 828-meter Burj Khalifa in Dubai or the 509-meterTaipei 101 in Taiwan – and we'll pause for a moment to let you guess what that problem m
Continue reading >>Inefficient buildings are a major cause of wasted energy, a problem that is being addressed by better materials and better ways of managing heating, cooling, and lighting. For example, some window materials can allow outside light in (cutting the need for
Continue reading >>A tent that blocks light on a sunny day and becomes transparent and waterproof on a dim, rainy one could be an outcome of work by US scientists.The new material can change between two states when stretched, altering both its transparency and its roughness
Continue reading >>A new technology to prevent lithium-ion batteries from catching fire or exploding in laptops and mobile phones may be on the market as soon as the first quarter of 2010, its inventor said on Wednesday.
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