New anti-fragile plastic becomes stronger every time it’s stressed
Say hello to drop-proof smartphones and whole new generation of plastic products that will be far more durable and strong ...
Tag: carbon
Atom bombs help confirm the adult human brain does indeed produce new neurons
A long-time assumption in the medical world is that mature, differentiated neurons do not divide and that they're formed during the ...
New method traps CO2, rends clean hydrogen and might de-acidify world’s oceans
Hydrogen fuel has been eyeballed by scientists, as well as governments and energy corporations, for many years now as a ...
When laying the foundations for life, the Universe leaves little room for error
Light quark mass determines carbon and oxygen production and the viability of carbon-based life. Image credit: Dean Lee. Earth and ...
Graphene thickness now easily identifiable
We've all been hearing about the miracles that carbon nanostructures will provide us in the near future for several years ...
First all-carbon solar cell promises to lower industry cost
Scientists at Stanford University have successfully devised the world's first solar cell made entirely out of carbon. This alternative to ...
Graphene sheets can repair themselves naturally
Graphene is one of the most phenomenal materials discovered in science. It's so thin, it can be molded into sheets ...
New record for human powered flight set by engineering students
A talented team of students from the University of Maryland's Clark School of Engineering has set a new record for the longest flight ...
Scientists strive to create inorganic life
A team or Scottish scientists are pushing material science on the extreme side by conducting research which, they hope, will ...
Defect in graphene opens up even more possibilities
Graphene is probably the 'substance of the century', and it will probably be for us what plastics were in the ...
Oceans of diamonds on Uranus
A new research published in Nature Physics showed that there may be oceans of diamonds (literally) on both Uranus and ...
Japanese project aims to turn CO2 into natural gas
Mankind is screwing up. I'm sorry, that's just the way it is. Not taking care of our natural resources, polluting ...
Green reasons to be cheerful
Lester Brown is "one of the world's most influential thinkers", according to the Washington Post, and the Calcutta refers to ...
Existing Biotechnology Could Save Energy And Cut Carbon Dioxide By 100 Percent
The carbon dioxide problem has been give much less attention than alternative fuel or biomass-derived energy production yet it is ...
