News articles tagged with 'polymer' (Page 18)
Plastics from the junkyard
— 7 Nov 2007 08:08 | ChemistryOnce plastics have been built into a car, they are rarely recycled. Compressed into granulate material, the shredded plastic parts are usually too indiscriminately mixed to permit any…
A conductive plastic fights corrosion
— 3 Nov 2007 02:55 | ChemistryCorrosion is the process by which a material breaks down due to reactions with its surroundings, usually by means of oxidation. It poses great problems to our society, making it the…
Designing new piezoelectric materials
— 24 Oct 2007 17:00 | ChemistryPolymer-based piezoelectric materials are currently the object of great interest in the world of industry because they enable their use in new applications in sectors such as transport…
Strong as steel, transparent, but it is plastic
— 5 Oct 2007 06:37 | ChemistryBy mimicking a brick-and-mortar molecular structure found in seashells, University of Michigan researchers created a composite plastic that's as strong as steel but lighter and transparent.…
MIT works toward safer gene therapy
— 7 Sep 2007 17:12 | ChemistryIn work that could lead to safe and effective techniques for gene therapy, MIT researchers have found a way to fine-tune the ability of biodegradable polymers to deliver genes. Gene…
Scientists shed light on molecules in living cells
— 21 Aug 2007 22:37 | ChemistryClemson University chemists have developed a method to dramatically improve the longevity of fluorescent nanoparticles that may someday help researchers track the motion of a single…