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By Lisa McDonald / March 23, 2022

Make cars out of petroleum residue, improve next-gen magnetic RAM, and other materials stories that may be of interest for March 23, 2022.

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A clean way to clean green technology—novel method removes dust from solar panels using electrostatic induction

By Lisa McDonald / March 15, 2022

Cleaning solar panels currently is estimated to use about 10 billion gallons of water per year—enough to supply drinking water for up to 2 million people. Researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology designed a waterless approach for dust removal from solar panels using electrostatic induction.

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Other materials stories that may be of interest

By Lisa McDonald / March 2, 2022

EV battery recycling, inorganic borophene liquid crystals, and other materials stories that may be of interest for March 2, 2022.

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Other materials stories that may be of interest

By Lisa McDonald / February 23, 2022

Possible paradigm shift within piezoelectricity, counter scientific misinformation, and other materials stories that may be of interest for February 23, 2022.

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Other materials stories that may be of interest

By Lisa McDonald / February 16, 2022

New synthetic tooth enamel, 3D print clay on a polymer FDM printer, and other materials stories that may be of interest for February 16, 2022.

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Other materials stories that may be of interest

By Lisa McDonald / January 19, 2022

Clay minerals help curb methane emissions, water-promoted fracture growth on glass, and other materials stories that may be of interest for January 19, 2022.

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Other materials stories that may be of interest

By Lisa McDonald / December 22, 2021

Advancing commercial viability of solar fuels, cobalt’s human cost, and other materials stories that may be of interest for December 22, 2021.

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Other materials stories that may be of interest

By Lisa McDonald / December 15, 2021

Fuzzy nanoparticles for ballistics, washable battery, and other materials stories that may be of interest for December 15, 2021.

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Speeding detection of disease—three groups present novel sensors for COVID-19 diagnosis

By Lisa McDonald / November 9, 2021

Barriers to commercialization are not stopping scientists from developing new and improved methods for rapid testing of COVID-19. In today’s CTT, we look at three recent studies furthering research in this area.

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Other materials stories that may be of interest

By Lisa McDonald / November 3, 2021

Detecting SARS-CoV2, ultralight but stiff sandwich nanotubes, and other materials stories that may be of interest for November 3, 2021.

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