Are you thinking of using geogrids in your next infrastructure project? Geogrids are simply geosynthetic material and this is made from polymers. They are widely used in the Civil Engineering industry and have a number of great functions that they ...
Artificial Skin That Senses and Stretches Like Human Skin
Everything seems to be getting smarter these days–We have smart phones, smart computers and now we have “smart skin.” Thanks to a group of researchers at Seol National University, prosthetics have gotten a whole lot smarter with smart skin. This ...
New Techniques for Solar Cells
Material on a block polymer film separating into segregated pockets. Source: Argonne National Laboratory. Scientists at Argonne National Laboratory in Illinois have developed an extension to atomic layer deposition techniques which could lead to improvements in solar cells and photonic ...
Energy Efficient Microwaveable Ceramics
Researchers at the College of Agricultural Sciences at Pennsylvania State University in State College, Pennsylvania and at the Saga Ceramic Laboratory in Saga, Japan have developed a new ceramic material that may make microwave cooking faster and more energy efficient. ...