Materials – Page 57
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ResearchMetal foam armour shatters bullets
Composite metal foams could form the basis for next-generation bulletproof armour
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ResearchColour-changing polymer adapts camouflage to vegetation and desert
Fabric flips from green to brown when a voltage is applied
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ResearchPolymer repairs itself at body temperature
New material could enable self-healing wound dressings
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ResearchNew forms of 2D boron synthesised
Flat boron allotropes could find a future use in nanoelectronics
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News$1 billion x-ray laser upgrade begins at SLAC
Construction begins on world’s brightest x-ray laser
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NewsHigh pressure science attempts to unravel metallic hydrogen maze
Scientists believe they are inching closer to finding elusive state of hydrogen
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ResearchGrubbs’ catalyst drives tyre recycling
Rubbery networks broken down into reusable materials
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ResearchMouldable thermosets get a makeover
Dynamic epoxy resin gives rise to reusable thermoset fibre-reinforced polymer composites
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ResearchWhipping oils into a frenzy
Armour plated bubbles are the key to stable, temperature sensitive air-in-oil foams
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FeatureSoft robots get a grip
Rachel Brazil looks at how chemists are helping make robots with a more gentle touch
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PodcastFluorescein
Kat Arney discovers the compound that first coloured the Chicago river green for St Patrick’s Day
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ResearchNano repair bots mimic wound healing to seal cracks
Janus particles swim to site of damaged electrical circuit and get it working again
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ResearchSemi-conductivity between the sheets
Manipulating MXene layers delivers the first semiconductor in the family
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ResearchSquid beak insight shifts chitosan composites up the pecking order
Lightweight organic composite with tuneable mechanical properties mimics cephalopod beak
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Research
Best icephobic coating ever created gives ice the slip
Polymer material could protect planes and wind turbines from potentially catastrophic build-ups of ice