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'Super elastic' material changes shape according to temperature
The newly created liquid crystal elastomers can form many different shapes and move from one form to another under the action of heat.
New Materials
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Soft sweatshirts made from 100% wood are environmentally friendly
If someone offered to sell you a wooden pullover, you might imagine a hard and uncomfortable item.
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Turn urine into brick to build houses
Urine combined with sand and bacteria will create a new construction material, harder than limestone tiles.
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The effect of carrots increases cement adhesion
Carrots are known to be a crunchy and delicious food, but carrots can also make cement more sticky and cut carbon dioxide emissions for the construction industry.
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Scientists discover crystals may also be bent
Listening to crystals is hard, but researchers have shown that anything in this world can happen.
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Detecting new transformation metal
Scientists at the University of Minnesota, USA, recently announced the discovery of a metal crystal that can change shape.
Space science
New materials help solve the mystery of the Earth's magnetic field
Researchers have developed a new material from liquid metal and magnetic molecules. They can help scientists learn about the mysteries surrounding Earth's magnetic force.
Scientific application
For the first time Vietnam created smart silicon materials
Using this material to replace the normal paint, scratched cars will also heal themselves when going out in the hot sun.
Environment
New materials absorb CO2 easily
A plastic sheet like the greenhouse gas sponge carbon dioxide (CO2) can easily convert this contaminated fossil fuel into new energy sources.
Environment
Find materials that 'hold' methane gas
US scientists have discovered materials can 'hold' and concentrate methane, the second highest concentration of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere.
Environment
Clean 1 ton of radioactive water with 1 gram of new material
Recently scientists at Queensland University of Technology (Australia) said that it has successfully developed the first smart material in the world that has the ability…
Environment
New materials help prevent pollution
Chemical experts from the University of California, Santa Cruz have developed a new material called SLUG-26, which is used to treat contaminated water through ion exchan…
Environment
Japan has just developed a new radioactive material
New materials in the form of silicon dioxide compounds (SiO2) can absorb radioactive iodine and strontium by changing the compound type.
Videos
Video: Super materials withstand the weight of 100,000 itself
With 3D printing technology, scientists have created a super-light, ultra-durable new material structure, with resistance to masses of 100,000 times its own weight.
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