Wood frogs can freeze and thaw themselves completely unharmed, and this unique ability could help revolutionize the organ transplant industry by inspiring methods for long-term storage of organs.
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Structural battery for lightweight vehicles, simulating energy-efficient microelectronics, and other materials stories that may be of interest for September 18, 2024.
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Ceramic materials support many green chemistry processes by serving as catalysts, sorbents and separation membranes, energy storage and conversion materials, and composites and coatings. Learn more about some of these applications in today’s CTT.
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In a recent open-access study, researchers at The Pennsylvania State University showed that container glasses of different colors can be safely melted together without technical complications. This finding could potentially lead to more bottles being recycled.
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Many fan-favorite spooky season movies are examples of clay animation. This film-making technique, which has a history spanning more than 100 years, gained popularity several decades ago thanks to the pioneering work of Oregon-born animator Will Vinton.
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One-step conversion of methane to methanol, São Carlos School on Glasses and Glass-ceramics, and other materials stories that may be of interest for September 11, 2024.
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Efficient storage of hydrogen at scale is needed to facilitate the widespread adoption of this alternative fuel type. The U.S. Department of Energy is funding a multiyear study to determine the viability, safety, and reliability of storing pure hydrogen or hydrogen–natural gas blends in different types of underground environments.
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There are devices for measuring the stress-related hormone cortisol, but the devices’ short shelf life means that samples collected at home must be mailed to a lab for analysis. Researchers in China and the U.K. developed a stable cortisol detector, which hints at a possible future where sample collection and analysis can all be done at home.
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The September 2024 issue of the ACerS Bulletin—featuring approaches to treatment and reuse of waste materials—is now available online. Plus—ACerS Awards and new C&GM.
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The number of abandoned fiberglass boats is on the rise. Researchers at the Universities of Brighton and Portsmouth showed that this illegal dumping contributes to the presence of microplastic contamination in bivalve mollusks, such as oysters and mussels.
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