Engineering sustainable living materials for a greener future
Discover how scientists use living organisms for sustainable materials like self-healing concrete and eco-friendly plastics, paving the way for green manufacturing.
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Discover how scientists use living organisms for sustainable materials like self-healing concrete and eco-friendly plastics, paving the way for green manufacturing.
Apr 1st, 2024Novel computational model captures the interplay of light, heat, diffusion and reaction kinetics to predict material properties in photopolymerization with unprecedented accuracy.
Mar 15th, 2024Discover a self-growing liquid metal composite that reacts with water for stretchable circuits, soft robotics, and more. This breakthrough enables direct printing of responsive electronics.
Feb 27th, 2024Inspired by morphogenesis, researchers create a reconfigurable living material from magnetic microparticles, yeast cells, and hydrogels. Additive biomanufacturing takes a leap forward.
Feb 16th, 2024Researchers pioneer smart honeycombs by stacking and morphing laser-induced graphene layers, enabling innovative aerospace materials with integrated responsiveness to flight stresses like excessive heat, turbulence or ice buildup.
Feb 14th, 2024Machine learning methods and data science can uncover hidden patterns in nanoparticle synthesis conditions and property outcomes.
Feb 13th, 2024Researchers developed an innovative biomimetic technique enabling swift electrostatic assembly of functional nanoparticle monolayers across entire silicon wafers within seconds, over 100-1000 times faster than previous methods.
Feb 9th, 2024AI vision may become faster cheaper and more human-like with new perovskite synapses These mimic the retina's image processing for incredible efficiency.
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