Tag: materials science
Infusing asphalt with plastic could help roads last longer and resist...
Md S Hossain, University of Texas at Arlington
Globally, more than 400 million tons of plastic are produced each...
Winter Olympians often compete in freezing temperatures – physiology and advances...
Cara Ocobock, University of Notre Dame and Gabriel R. Burks, University of Notre Dame
The Winter Olympics and Paralympics...
An ultrathin coating for electronics looked like a miracle insulator −...
Mahesh Nepal, Binghamton University, State University of New York
When your winter jacket slows heat escaping your body or...
New materials, old physics – the science behind how your winter...
Longji Cui, University of Colorado Boulder and Wan Xiong, University of Colorado Boulder
As the weather grows cold this...
Electric fields steered nanoparticles through a liquid-filled maze – this new...
Daniel K. Schwartz, University of Colorado Boulder and Ankur Gupta, University of Colorado Boulder
In the home, the lab...
Examining mushrooms under microscopes can help engineers design stronger materials
Mohamed Khalil Elhachimi, Binghamton University, State University of New York
Pick up a button mushroom from the supermarket and...
Light-powered reactions could make the chemical manufacturing industry more energy-efficient
Arindam Sau, University of Colorado Boulder; Amreen Bains, Colorado State University, and Anna Wolff, Colorado State University
Manufactured chemicals...
How and where is nuclear waste stored in the US?
Gerald Frankel, The Ohio State University
Around the U.S., about 90,000 tons of nuclear waste is stored at over...
EXPLORING NATURE
Trump’s EPA decides climate change doesn’t endanger public health – the...
Jonathan Levy, Boston University; Howard Frumkin, University of Washington; Jonathan Patz, University of Wisconsin-Madison, and Vijay Limaye, University of Wisconsin-Madison
