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 new medical invention has been created by scientists at Harvard Medical School.The new invention is a contact lens that can dispense a regular dose of antibiotics to your eye for more than a month.
Continue reading >>Jin Shang, a professor of biochemical engineering at the University of Western Ontario, has invented a contact lens that changes color when sugar levels change in the blood.Those suffering from diabetes need to draw blood to check sugar levels.Nanoparticl
Continue reading >>In the construction world, self-healing materials can save untold amounts of money by greatly reducing repair costs. But most self-healing materials have the massive drawback of being very expensive to produce.
Continue reading >>Following a natural disaster, setting up shelter for survivors is priority one. However, transporting the materials and constructing the shelters can be a rather drawn-out process. Two engineers have come up with a novel way to build permanent shelters th
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