Mimicking squid skin to improve thermoregulating blankets
New material could be used to cool electronic circuits, in smart clothing and in building insulation
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Spider silk, bone and wood inspire 3D printed polymers
New liquid-crystal structures boast mechanical properties that rival the best lightweight composite materials around today
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Calcium ions help improve implant adherence
New experiments and calculations show how the ions improve titanium-bone bonding
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Making artificial wood on the large scale
New polymeric material looks and feels like the real thing, and it is fire resistant too
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Self-healing composite could make resilient robot skin
The material repairs itself in a process that is somewhat analogous to plasticity in nervous tissue
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Less is more for conducting graphene composites
Growing gold nanoparticles in situ makes graphene polymer composites effective conductors with very little graphene
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Smart sponge demonstrates tunable surface slipperiness
Surface slipperiness is a critical property within material development in the medical and technology fields
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New aeroplane wing changes shape to boost performance
Morphing design could improve manoeuvrability and fuel efficiency
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Something more concrete
Learning about the physics of everyday materials at the AAAS meeting
Graphene-based composites could cool electronics
New thermal interface materials might also prevent solar cells from overheating
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