Anyone who has ever had to get a magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scan knows that magnetic and highly conductive materials ...

What are shape memory polymers? Shape memory polymers were first conceived back in the 1940s when L. B. Vernon and his colleagues discovered the shape memory properties of polymers, reported in a 1941 ...

Plastics are long chains of specific polymers. The use of plastics has grown significantly owing to their high strength, high stiffness, high formability, and lightweight. Additionally, the most ...

Companies to jointly develop PDK for PIC-based quantum solutions ENGLEWOOD, COLORADO / / January 15, 2026 / Lightwave Logic, Inc. (NASDAQ:LWLG) (the "Company"), a technology platform company ...

Polymers are macromolecules composed of simpler repeating structural units linked together by covalent bonds. Natural polymers exist in nature as biomolecules and compounds that make up the body of ...

Two University of Iowa faculty members have been awarded funding from the National Science Foundation to develop new plastic ...

Hundreds of millions of tons of single-use plastic ends up in landfills every year, and even the small percentage of plastic that gets recycled can’t last forever. But our group of materials ...

Polymers as power transmission parts. There was a time when people sneered at “plastic gears” – and bearings – figuring them Cracker-Jack box components, not considering the difference between a model ...

Osaka Metropolitan University researchers have developed a polymerization technology that enables the synthesis of degradable ...

LONDON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Technavio analysts forecast the global natural polymers market to grow at a CAGR of over 5% during the forecast period, according to their latest market research report. The ...

To control color, the team sandwiched the polymer between two gold films. Light bounces off these films and interferes in ...