Solar-driven hydrogel purifies contaminated water
Loofah-inspired material could supply enough drinking-quality water to meet a person’s daily requirements
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Bubbles make bandages stickier
Researchers control the stickiness of medical adhesives using ultrasound and microbubbles
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Light restores charge to slippery surfaces
New material could be used to make controllable robotic droplets and lab-on-a-chip devices for diagnosis and analysis
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Incredible ionogel is ultra-tough and super-stretchy
Material is made using a unique one-step technique
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Wood-based conductors could make Li-ion batteries safer
New material might be used as a solid battery electrolyte or as an ion-conducting binder for the cathode of an all-solid-state device
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Entanglements make hydrogel stiff and tough
New material might find use in applications such as tissue regeneration, bioadhesives, bioprinting, wearable electronics and soft robots
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Biological systems inspire new method for extracting lithium
Technique that separates lithium from contaminated water could help meet demand for electric vehicle batteries
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Quantum computers untangle knotty polymer problem
New algorithm predicts how polymer chains fold by minimizing the energy of a quantum system
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Blue plaque unveiled in honour of remarkable Hungarian-born polymer scientist Andrew Keller
Plaque remembers Jewish refugee who escaped the Nazis and Russians before making his name in the UK
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Transparent coating captures aerosol droplets from air
Polymer-based liquid could reduce transmission of infectious respiratory diseases like COVID-19
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