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Replacing plastics in fibre-based packaging for full recycling

May 10, 2021
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New research highlights biodigestible barrier polymers to replace plastics and non-repulpable laminating adhe­sives currently being used in fibre-based packaging. The commissioned study concludes that ‘recycle ready’ adhesives and fully soluble...
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Pre-programmed degradation makes ‘biodegradable’ plastics truly compostable

April 22, 2021
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By embedding polymer-eating enzymes in plastic, researchers have found a way to make previously tricky polyester plastics break down more easily, with just heat and water, within a few weeks....
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Expansion microscopy: Imaging biological samples at nanoscale using an ordinary light microscope

April 9, 2021
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Using an ordinary light microscope, MIT engineers have devised a technique for imaging biological samples with accuracy at the scale of 10 nanometers -- which should enable them to image...
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Recycled graphene from tyres can make more environmentally friendly concrete

April 8, 2021
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This could be where the rubber truly hits the road. Rice University scientists have optimised a process to convert waste from rubber tyres into graphene that can, in turn, be...
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Chemistry, Earth & Environmental, Earth & Environmental Sciences, Energy, Engineering, Environment, Environmental, Environmental Chemistry, Green Chemistry, Inorganic Chemistry, Materials, Materials Science
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Industrialisation of fundamental physics research advances light source and sensor technologies

March 29, 2021
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Collaboration between specialist academic research and industrial expert engineers is proving key to the accelerated transfer of research knowledge from lab to market and the advancement of real world light...
Materials, Physics & Engineering
Chemical Engineering, Condensed Matter Physics, Engineering, Materials, Materials Science, Physics, Solid State Physics
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COVID waste is killing animals – how to pick COVID PPE litter safely

March 26, 2021
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How many times have you stepped over someone else's lost or discarded facemask crushed in the dirt beneath your feet, grimaced and thought "how disgusting!" Were you even tempted to...
Earth & Environmental, Life Sciences, Materials
Biological Sciences, Biology, Botany, Covid-19, Earth & Environmental, Earth & Environmental Sciences, Environment, Health, In Depth, Life Sciences, Materials, Materials Science, Policy, Zoology
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Team ice’ uncover crucial information to aid the development of new more active cryoprotectants

March 17, 2021
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Researchers uncover new understanding around the interactions between synthetic polymers and ice formation, underpinning new understanding around the fundamental principles of ice re-crystallisation. This crucial piece to the puzzle was...
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Laboratory Management: Monitoring the cold chain

March 5, 2021
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With many COVID vaccines relying on ultra-low temperature storage, Matt Feeny explains why and how automated and 'in transit' refrigeration monitoring systems will be essential and beneficial to the efficiency...
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A novel light harvesting engine strings buckyballs and chromophores on DNA

February 26, 2021
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Researchers have synthesised a novel type of organic light-harvesting supramolecule by arranging fluorescent dyes and bucky balls in three-dimensions using a DNA scaffold. The resulting helical string of electron donors...
Earth & Environmental, Materials, Physics & Engineering
Energy, Environment, Materials, Materials Science, Nanotech, Nanotechnology, Particle Physics, Physics, Quantum Physics
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Kinky graphene ‘straintronics’ for smaller, faster microchips

February 16, 2021
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Using 'straintronics' rather than electronics, researchers have produced the tiniest microchips yet by applying what is effectively nano-origami to graphene to create structural functionality. These nanomaterial developments allows more microchips...
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