Making polymer chemistry "click"
One potential application of the system includes producing capillary systems for artificial organs
Scientists designing polymers that can bridge the biological and electronic divide must deal with incompatible messaging styles
Tensegrity is a structural system of floating rods in compression and cables in continuous tension
Novel material removes pollutant PFOA to levels far below EPA’s health advisory limit
Columbia Engineering technique could lead to stronger composite materials used in commercial products, opening the way for their use in structural applications
A better sustainable sanitary pad
It is nearly impossible to improve on a substance considered the final frontier in lightweight materials; but chemists have done just that
Future explorers on Mars would just need to apply pressure to compact the soil—the equivalent of a blow from a hammer—to make bricks
Bioactive foam can be molded to skull bone lost to injury, surgery, or birth defect
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