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Materials Science – News and Features

A close-up of a part of a motorcycle, made from carbon fibre and wrapped with various blue and yellow team stickers.
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Researchers Develop Method to Completely Recycle Carbon Fiber Composites

Deconstructing epoxy resins with hot acetic acid has the potential to provide a scalable and affordable solution for recycling the carbon fiber composites used in aircraft, cars, defense and other technologies.
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Ancient Golden Silk Used by Emperors Brought Back to Life

Scientists have recreated an ancient golden silk fiber used historically by emperors and popes. The recreation could open the door to more sustainable, dye-free fabrics and materials.
A model of two medical implant devices, a hip implant and knee implant, installed on fake bone.
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Graphene Foam Advances Lab-Grown Cartilage for Osteoarthritis Treatment

Researchers have developed a novel approach to making lab-grown cartilage, using electrically-conductive graphene foam to apply direct electrical stimulation during progenitor cell growth. The method results in mechanically stronger cartilage.
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Near-Perfect Defects in 2D Material Could Serve As Quantum Bits

Scientists have demonstrated the first case of low-noise, room temperature hexagonal boron nitride (h-BN) made through scalable growth techniques. This material synthesis could be used as a possible qubit platform for quantum tech.
A pearl-colored mantis shrimp crawling along the ocean floor.
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Impact-Resistant Material Mimics Mantis Shrimp Exoskeleton for Improved Protection

Scientists have created a new material – inspired by the natural impact-resistance of the mantis shrimp exoskeleton – that could be used to improve bullet-proof glass, blast-resistant building materials, aerospace materials and more.
A carbon nanotube structure in grey and white, against a black background.
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Ultra-Fast Infrared Nano-Imaging Reveals Exciton Dynamics Inside Carbon Nanotubes

Using ultrafast infrared nanospectroscopic imaging, researchers have been able to directly observe exciton dynamics in carbon nanotubes for the first time. These insights could lead to improved optoelectronic devices and quantum technologies.
An orange and white drug capsule, floating against a blue background with white DNA and molecule shapes floating in the background.
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New Nanoparticles Offer Safer, More Effective Drug Delivery

Scientists have developed a new type of nanoparticle made from a medical polymer and blood protein that can carry larger amounts of disease-fighting drugs and remain stable for longer than current alternative nanoparticle systems.
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A Living Building Material That Extracts CO2 From the Atmosphere

Researchers have developed a new, printable gel material that contains photosynthetic cyanobacteria. When printed, the material actively removes carbon dioxide from the air in two different manners.
A green cement mixer truck on a concrete-floored construction site.
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AI Paves the Way Towards Green Cement

A new AI model is helping researchers identify new cement recipes that will emit significantly less CO2 while maintaining good mechanical properties. The model is accelerating the search for climate-friendly cement formulations.
A perovskite sensor prototype. It has a wide, flat black wire coming from its left side, and its surface is full of small brown pixel-like dots.
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Perovskite Image Sensor Delivers Better Images for Humans and Computers

Researchers have developed a new image sensor made of perovskite. This semiconductor material enables better colour reproduction and fewer image artefacts with less light, making them well-suited for medical analysis and machine vision.
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