Materials Science
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Scientists have been trying to understand and harness this material’s superpowers since its discovery in 2004.
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Scientists have been trying to understand and harness this material’s superpowers since its discovery in 2004.
Offshore wind farms cost more than onshore ones. But their ability to make ‘green’ hydrogen and capture carbon dioxide could help this wind power pay off.
To slow global warming, we’ll need help from CO2-trapping materials. Enter MXenes. They’re strong and reactive — and they love to eat up CO2.
Giant kelp are at risk due to climate change and human activities. In New Zealand, a community effort is rebuilding these underwater algal forests.
A new coating made from a renewable resource — water-loving nanoparticles made from wood — could keep glass surfaces fog-free.
This cellulose and lignin, two major building blocks of trees, could lead to greener electronics.
Some can aid the climate by removing pollutants. Others would just avoid dirtying the environment in the first place.
Today’s bot-building robots aren’t set on world domination. But scientists and philosophers want to keep future tech in check.
Finalists in the 2023 Thermo Fisher Scientific Junior Innovators Challenge are doing projects that aim to help others.
Although many of the world's forests have gotten less fragmented since 2000, tropical forests have gotten more chopped up, putting animals at risk.