One sheet, 15 centimetres in diameter and a few tenths of a millimetre thick can store as much as 1 F

Team demonstrates a pump they made into a heart, mimicking both shape and function

Jet fuel additive can reduce the intensity of postimpact explosions that occur during accidents and terrorist acts

Research team has created flexible polymer carbon composite films as electrodes for supercapacitors

New tech could be used to create space structures, deployable medical devices, robots, toys and a range of other structures

A new type of polymer can show that it has changed shape.

A new strategy towards ultra-soft yet dry rubber could be tailored to mimic a wide range of biologicals for biomedical applications

New sunglasses change color with the touch of a button

For University of Wisconsin-Madison plastics engineer Tim Osswald, the Wisconsin Idea is about taking the extra step: taking research out of the lab.

ORNL, Washington State researchers craft recipe for tunable shape-memory polymer.