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Putting your finger on it

May 14, 2019
Feature
Nanoparticles could well be the future of fingermark detection. Not only do they promise sensitivity and selectivity, says Dr Sébastien Moret but they have also furthered our understanding of the...
Chemistry, Materials
Forensics, In Depth, Nanotech, Nanotechnology
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Sand ‘bubbles’ flow like liquid

May 3, 2019
News
Gravitational instabilities in granular particles of different densities could help us understand how structures such as mudslides and volcanoes formed. A Columbia University team layered two types of sand horizontally,...
Materials
Materials Science
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Heat waves in graphite

April 4, 2019
News
Heat has been found to behave like sound as it moves through graphite. Using a system of lasers, MIT researchers observed a wavelike motion in which heat travels through pencil lead...
Materials
Materials Science
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2D material improves in space

March 20, 2019
News
Materials consisting of a single layer of atoms could be used in space missions due to their resilience to intense levels of radiation.Australian National University scientists exposed of atomically thin...
Materials, Physics & Engineering
Materials Science, Physics, Solid State Physics
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Hydrogel harvests water from the air

March 18, 2019
News
A new solar powered technology absorbs moisture from the air and returns it as clean water.University of Texas engineers used hydrogels, gel-polymer hybrid materials that act as “super sponges” and...
Materials, Physics & Engineering
Energy, Materials Science
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One man’s trash

March 7, 2019
Insight
Plastics have become a deeply worrying environmental issue, but it is unlikely that demand will drop… so are there alternative production methods which could be more environmentally sound? We chat...
Chemistry, Earth & Environmental, Materials, Physics & Engineering
Atmospheric Chemistry, Chemistry, Earth & Environmental, Energy, Environment, Geology, Interviews, Materials, Materials Science
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Spider silk twists like muscle

March 5, 2019
News
The presence of an amino acid in spider silk causes its fibres to contract and twist when exposed to humidity changes.Researchers at MIT discovered that this process, called supercontraction, is...
Materials
Materials Science
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Graphene capillaries

February 21, 2019
News
Researchers at the National Graphene Institute have made atomic-scale capillaries with the material. The artificial channels are just one atom in size, small enough to block the flow of smallest...
Materials
Materials Science
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Graphene turned into dough for transport

January 29, 2019
News
Graphene in the form of malleable dough could be more economical to store and transport and less prone to combustion.A team at Northwestern’s McCormick School of Engineering made the dough...
Chemistry, Materials
Chemistry, Materials Science
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Graphene centre

January 16, 2019
News
A £60 million graphene research centre has been opened at the University of Manchester following funding from UK Research and Innovation. The Graphene Engineering Innovation Centre (GEIC) will engage with...
Materials
Materials Science
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