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Can produce plastic from chicken feathers
New technology

Can produce plastic from chicken feathers

Millions of tons of feathers discarded each year can be transformed into resinous and waterproof resins that are better than traditional plastics.

December 11, 2018
Holland makes harmless plastics
New technology

Holland makes harmless plastics

Dutch scientists have created a non-toxic plastic that can be completely biodegradable from cheap plant materials.

December 11, 2018
Clean contaminated material
New technology

Clean contaminated material

A clean material can help filter precipitation before being absorbed into the ground, has been patented by civil engineering and environmental engineering researcher Naj…

December 11, 2018
Fabric has the ability to pronounce
New technology

Fabric has the ability to pronounce

Scientists at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology have created a fabric that detects sounds and makes noise.

December 11, 2018
Plastic solar cells
New technology

Plastic solar cells

Scientists at Princeton University in the US have successfully developed a new type of transmission plastic to replace traditional solar cell material with low cost.

December 11, 2018
Discharge plastic
New technology

Discharge plastic

Mobile phones will be as thin as bank cards, and computer monitors can be rolled up like newspapers thanks to the birth of a new material.

December 11, 2018
New way to make solar cells
New technology

New way to make solar cells

According to Nature Materials on Feb. 14, US researchers have found a way to make plastic solar cells made of silicon fibers.

December 11, 2018
Bananas are used in plastics
New technology

Bananas are used in plastics

Researchers from Queen's University, Belfast, Northern Ireland, are pioneers in making plastic products from banana trees.

December 11, 2018
Plastic memory
New technology

Plastic memory

Researchers at the University of Tokyo are experimenting with a flexible, rewindable memory device suitable for mobile devices.

December 11, 2018