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 >>Sometimes it's the simplest of medical inventions that save millions of lives. Meet inventors Jane Chen and Rajan Patel, and their innovative infant warmer.Every year 20 million babies are born premature. They struggle to survive because they can't regula
Continue reading >>One of the challenges in the manufacturing of automobiles, aircraft, boats and electronics is coming up with just the right material. Resins are a common material in all of these products, but they have their limitations. Namely, they can’t be reshaped on
Continue reading >>Spider silk is one of the most incredible materials on Earth, and as such scientists have been trying to synthesize and mass produce it for years. A Japanese start-up called Spiberclaims to have done just that, and they promise that the new generation of
Continue reading >>In the last several years, graphenehas become a favorite topic in material science circles. The fairly newly-isolated graphene is a mere one atom thick yet does more than just about any other single material: it conducts electricity better than silicon or
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