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Explore how 3D-Fuel's Pro PCTG filament advances additive manufacturing, offering higher impact strength, improved environmental resistance, and reliable printability for functional and industrial 3D printing applications.
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MIT researchers designed an electrolyte that can break apart at the end of a battery's life, allowing for easier recycling of components.
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Researchers can now observe the phonon dynamics and wave propagation in self-assembly of nanomaterials with unusual properties that rarely exist in nature.
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TU/e chemist unveils groundbreaking closed-loop recycling technology powered by LED light.
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EPFL researchers have developed a new way to design complex, curved three-dimensional shapes using flat materials such as paper, aluminum sheets or plastic, combining creative thinking with a new computational algorithm.
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Using nature's approach to robust structures, aerospace engineering's Christos Athanasiou has created a process that makes normally unpredictable recycled plastic reliable and strong.
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This comprehensive guide explains the difference between Ra vs Rz surface roughness parameters, how to measure them, and when to use them.
A team of researchers from ITMO University, Tel Aviv University, and University of Aveiro have come up with a new way to improve the mechanical properties of spider webs.
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Trying to keep up with the ever-shrinking requirements of consumer electronics? Looking to cut every milligram of fuel-wasting weight in automotive and aerospace? The design options printed electronics offer go far beyond what can be achieved with the rigid PCBs of the past.
A composite material based on polymer miscospheres covered in gold nanoparticles has been developed at ITMO University. It amplifies Raman spectroscopy signals by over 10,000 times and can be used to control the quality of engine oils and pharmaceuticals
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