‘Nanoemulsion’ gels offer new way to deliver drugs through the skin
Novel materials made with FDA-approved components could deliver large payloads of active ingredientsCredit: Patrick Doyle CAMBRIDGE, MA -- MIT chemical ...
Tag: Polymer Chemistry
Powering a solution: Professor takes charge at improving lithium ion batteries safety
As cutting edge as electric vehicles are, they're still vulnerable to an Achilles heel - the very source that gives ...
Artificial muscles powered by glucose
Credit: Thor Balkhed/Linköping University Artificial muscles made from polymers can now be powered by energy from glucose and oxygen, just ...
Is glue the answer to climate change?
A sticky solution could improve carbon capture materialsCredit: ESRI, Swansea University Is glue the answer to climate change? Researchers at ...
Polymer faculty receive NSF awards totaling over $1 million
Credit: The University of Akron Akron, OH -- Three professors in The University of Akron's (UA) College of Polymer Science ...
Greentown Labs & BASF start circularity challenge to pursue ideas for a circular economy
Six-month accelerator program seeks innovation in the plastics, energy storage and recycling value chains Greentown Labs and BASF jointly launch ...
Penn engineers demonstrate superstrong, reversible adhesive that works like snail slime
Credit: Younghee Lee If you've ever pressed a picture-hanging strip onto the wall only to realize it's slightly off-center, you ...
Scientists reveal reversible super-glue inspired by snail mucus
Snails secrete a mucous that acts like super-glue, allowing them to adhere to rough surfaces like rocks. Inspired by this ...
Electron beam strengthens recyclable nanocomposite
Credit: Kanazawa University Polymers reinforced with carbon fibers combine strength and low weight. They also boast significant green credentials as ...
UB team awarded $1.8 million to develop carbon capture technology
Membranes that separate carbon dioxide from other emissions could help slow the pace of climate changeCredit: Douglas Levere / University ...
New quantum dot microscope shows electric potentials of individual atoms
Credit: Copyright: Forschungszentrum Jülich / Christian Wagner A team of researchers from Jülich in cooperation with the University of Magdeburg ...
University of Konstanz researchers create uniform-shape polymer nanocrystals
Researchers from the University of Konstanz's CRC 1214 'Anisotropic Particles as Building Blocks: Tailoring Shape, Interactions and Structures' generate uniform-shape ...
Carnegie Mellon researchers develop semi-liquid metal anode for next-generation batteries
The new anode could help create a safer high energy lithium metal batteryCredit: Carnegie Mellon University Researchers from Carnegie Mellon ...
Opioid alternative? Taming tetrodotoxin for precise painkilling
Findings in rats suggest that a pufferfish toxin, properly packaged, could offer a safe pain blockCredit: Opioids remain a mainstay ...