Conquer Mars
How will humans build on Mars?
A simple manufacturing technology based on chitin, one of the most common organic polymers on Earth, could be used to build tools and shelters on Mars.
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New technology
Create clothes and bags that can charge phones
Chinese scientists have just introduced a type of bag and fabric that can charge phones extremely conveniently.
Conquer Mars
Technology helps China become the first country to plant a flag on Mars
Chinese experts revealed the flag-making materials and technology used by the Tianwen 1 landing station to raise the flag on Mars last year.
Environment
Scientists make safe plastic from plants
Researchers at the University of California - San Diego have created a biodegradable, plant-based plastic.
Space science
SpaceX rockets may be able to 'ship' these buildings to Mars in the future
In the future, humans may live in a building like this on Mars.
Science Events
This new material will help us light up the house without using electricity
Researchers have prepared a new series of sustainable luminescent materials by refining lignin, a key component of wood, in a 3D polymer network that simulates the wood…
New technology
Plant-based solid matter: Can replace plastic, can be used in 3D printing or molding
The strongest part of a plant is not the root or the root, but the wall of microscopic cells. This is a new material that can pave the way for a future that no longer re…
New technology
MIT team creates materials that are lighter than plastic and stronger than steel
The MIT team has created an ultra-light material that's four to six times stronger than bulletproof glass, which can be used to protect smartphone screens.
Science story
Knitting molecular fibers into fabric, British researchers set a record by creating the world's smoothest fabric
Known as the 'poor man's fireworks,' Dashuhua is a 500-year-old firework ritual used in Nuanquan, China, to celebrate the Lunar New Year. For their new achievement, they…
New technology
Development of 3D printing ink from living bacteria
3D printing ink is made entirely of E. coli bacteria, helping to create sustainable constructions that can repair themselves.
Health
Why are there so many germicides but so few anti-virus?
At the end of World War II, mass production of a newly discovered antibiotic, penicillin, saved many wounded wounded victims.
Animal world
Why do scientists get worms to drink and make them spin like this?
The tiny worm, drunk and thrown into a dizzying camera can allow people to better understand the world.
Environment
Plastic fishing gear can decompose with sunlight
To solve the plastic waste that pollutes the marine environment, US scientists have developed a new form of polymer that is highly durable in seawater but can decompose…
Health
Development of a heart patch made of conductive polymer material
Researchers have recently developed a heart patch made of a conductive polymer material designed to be implanted in a patient's heart to replace the heart muscle damaged…
New technology
Create a robot for the first time that can 'sweat'
This is likely to be a breakthrough compared to previous engineering robots, creating a generation of robots capable of performing many tasks in high temperature environ…