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What emerging material innovations could make vehicles lighter?
– In our first article, we covered the current applications of alternate lightweight materials in the...
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Automotive lightweight materials: The age of the composite
– The automotive industry is going through an important development phase to address major issues concerning...
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A new life for food waste
– Every year, about 1.3 billion tonnes of food goes off to waste. However, the good...
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Implantable biosensors powered from within
– Implantable biosensors have great potential in the diagnosis, monitoring, and treatment of a variety of...
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Implantable optical biosensors: The “bright” future of diagnostic medicine?
– There is burgeoning demand for point-of-care testing and real-time biomarker monitoring tools in the field...
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How taxes and bans are fueling innovation
– Government regulations such as taxes and bans are generally intended to improve standards of living...
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Designed to dissolve: Bioresorbable medical devices
– It’s a surgeon’s dream. A device that can be implanted into the body that takes...
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Artificial Intelligence for Everyone
– To the average person, artificial intelligence (AI) is more science fiction than science fact. While...
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Will perovskite solar cells be the beacon of solar energy?
– Perovskite solar cells (PSCs) have risen in only nine years as the hottest next-generation photovoltaic...
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The holy grail of recycling: AI-powered robots
– Our planet is facing a serious issue. Due to rapid urbanization, people are generating a...
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Sustainable dyeing innovations: Greener ways to color textiles
– The textile industry is the second most polluting industry in the world. Synthetic dyes contribute...
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Is there a way to degrade plastic?
– The problem: Plastic products have become an essential part of our everyday lives. Recycling is...
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Nanobots in 2018: Three recent advances shaping the future of research
– The field of nanotechnologies, which studies phenomena at the nanometer scale, 1 to 100 nanometers,...
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The latest innovations in sustainable food packaging: Biobased cling film
– Food packaging plays an integral role in maintaining food quality and assuring food safety for...
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Charged polymers: A sticky solution for our pesticide problem
– A team of MIT researchers have developed an innovative additive-based approach to make pesticides “stickier”,...
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The latest in biomimicry and hydrogel innovations
– Biomimicry encompasses the study of nature and natural phenomena to understand their underlying mechanisms and...
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Six energy storage companies to watch out for in 2018
– Earlier this year, Tesla made news for unveiling the world’s biggest lithium-ion battery grid in...
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Kirigami adhesives: from medical bandages to wearable electronics
– Researchers at MIT have developed a kirigami-inspired adhesive film designed to stick to highly deformable...
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Mass-producing graphene sheets: A “roll-to-roll” manufacturing process
– A new breakthrough at MIT enables researchers to continuously mass-produce high-quality graphene sheets for membrane...
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The latest advancements and trends in biobased plastics
– The biobased plastics industry is booming with an annual growth rate of about 30%. Here, we explain...

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