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- Google is trying to start the next interactive design trend, with "Material Design". Including an update to polymer http://www.google.com/design/ 23 comments web_design
- 3D nanoprinting via spatially controlled assembly and polymerization: new 3D nanoprinting platform enables the printing of polymer materials by design and with nanometer spatial precision. https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-022-29432-z 3 comments futurology
- Material designed by MIT engineers can react with carbon dioxide from the air, to grow, strengthen, and even repair itself. The polymer continuously converts the greenhouse gas into a carbon-based material that reinforces itself. http://news.mit.edu/2018/self-healing-material-carbon-air-1011 25 comments worldnews
- Material designed by MIT engineers can react with carbon dioxide from the air, to grow, strengthen, and even repair itself. The polymer continuously converts the greenhouse gas into a carbon-based material that reinforces itself. http://news.mit.edu/2018/self-healing-material-carbon-air-1011 38 comments technology
- Researchers design a barnacle-inspired synthetic polymer and find that the material can loosen bacteria from their moorings, including human tissue and industrial pipes. This discovery could present a new way to design antibiotics, researchers say. https://news.northeastern.edu/2024/10/09/bacterial-biofilms-nature-inspired-polymers/ 2 comments science
- Freeform structures define modern architecture. In search of new construction materials, scientists turn to fiber-reinforced polymers. Scientists tested approaches for designing construction elements made of new materials and found them superior to traditional concrete and steel. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0263822322013356 8 comments science
- A new machine-learning algorithm for exploring lightweight, very stiff glass compositions can help design next-gen materials for more efficient vehicles and wind turbines. Glasses can reinforce polymers to generate composite materials that provide similar strengths as metals but with less weight. https://www.nature.com/articles/s41524-020-0291-z 3 comments science