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 >>The reinvention of concrete seems to be a goal for architects and material scientists alike. The light transmitting concrete from Hungarian architect Aron Losoncziwas the first example we saw, but now Italian company Italcementi Group has created their ow
Continue reading >>Human skin is pretty dang amazing. It protects our insides from the outside, can heal itself after a lot of trauma, and even lets us feel the world around us. It’s so complex that creating an artificial version has been virtually impossible. But a team fr
Continue reading >>Our reliance on plastics has landed the world in a big old pot of hot water. We’re left now with a challenge: to find an alternative (or many alternatives) that won’t add to the mounting pile of non-biodegradable plastic waste currently taking up space in
Continue reading >>At a first glance, the association of the words "metal" and "rubber" seems to be at least illogical, if not absurd. The material properties of natural rubber that make it an elastomer and a thermoplastic are exactly the ones engineers try to avoid by usin
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