• Hydrogel to generate voltage
    Progress towards the integration of technology into living organisms requires electrical power sources that are biocompatible, mechanically flexible, and able to harness the chemical energy available inside biological systems. Conventional batt......
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  • Templated nanofiber synthesis via chemical vapor polymerization into liquid crystalline films
    Inspired by the extraordinary characteristics of polar bear fur, lotus leaves and gecko feet, engineering researchers have developed a new way to make arrays of nanofibers that can form coatings that are sticky, re......
    lchaoxu 写于2018.11.23
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  • Bionic mushrooms that can produce electricity
    Researchers at the Stevens Institute of Technology in New Jersey, USA, have produced electricity from mushrooms in a process involving bacteria and swirls of graphene nanoribbons. The ‘bionic’ mushrooms are actually......
    lchaoxu 写于2018.11.21
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  • Fluorinated coating is utterly repellent
    Transparent, self-healing film fends off more than 100 liquids, including concentrated acids and low-surface-tension solventsbyMark Peplow, special to C&ENOctober 16, 2018 | APPEARED INVOLUME 96, ISSUE 42......
    lchaoxu 写于2018.10.23
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  • New tricks help find the strength in fibers
     (a) Schematic illustration of ultralong CNT bundles composed of continuous CNTs. (b) Scanning electron microscopy (SEM) image of horizontally aligned ultralong CNTs. Inset: high resolution transmission electron im......
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  • Liquid metal discovery to make toxic water safe and drinkable
    An inexpensive new gadget makes contaminated water drinkable in minutes. (stock image) Credit: © Vasil......
    lchaoxu 写于2018.10.08
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  • A living material that can sense and filter water contaminants
    Inspired by nature, reaching across disciplinesMIT PhD student Zijay Tang is developing a living material that can sense and filter water contaminants....
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  • 世界上最后一位海丝【Sea Silk】裁缝
     古代地中海沿岸出产的由大型贝类(江瑶科,Pinna nobilis,跟俗称的带子是近亲)的足丝加工而成的织物,俗称Sea Silk。十九世纪初以来,因过度捕捞、污染等因素,此种贝类已濒临灭绝,蛟绡的制作工艺仅以工艺品形......
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