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By Lisa McDonald / February 28, 2024

Chirality in nearly 2D, new CIGS solar cell record, and other materials stories that may be of interest for February 28, 2024.

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Other materials stories that may be of interest

By Lisa McDonald / August 11, 2021

Toward a COVID-19 breathalyzer for kids, seaweed-based ink, and other materials stories that may be of interest for August 11, 2021.

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Other materials stories that may be of interest

By Lisa McDonald / February 24, 2021

New concrete soaks up twice the carbon, plasma gun sprays out high-quality graphene, and other materials stories that may be of interest for February 24, 2021.

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Other materials stories that may be of interest

By Lisa McDonald / February 17, 2021

Foldable solar cells, Africa’s hit science show comes to U.S., and other materials stories that may be of interest for February 17, 2021.

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Other materials stories that may be of interest

By Lisa McDonald / November 25, 2020

Waste concrete repurposed into public furniture, NASA decadal review, and other materials stories that may be of interest for November 25, 2020.

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Other materials stories that may be of interest

By Lisa McDonald / March 18, 2020

Scalable MXene production system, deep learning obstacle overcome, and other materials stories that may be of interest for March 18, 2020.

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Gain a winning smile with glass-ceramics

By Lisa McDonald / January 22, 2019

Glass-ceramic dental crowns offer better aesthetics than conventional ceramics, but are not as strong. Researchers in Sweden developed a glass-ceramic that is both aesthetic and strong.

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Organic, ecofriendly, and recyclable: Pine resin and alfalfa-based battery could have more than nine lives

By Jessica McMathis / November 3, 2014

Researchers at Sweden’s Uppsala University have developed an alternative to the lithium battery—an alfalfa and pine resin-based organic battery that can be recycled and recovered.

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‘Impossible’ material has record-breaking surface area, adsorption

By Jim Destefani / July 24, 2013

Researchers from Uppsala University’s Nanotechnology and Functional Materials Division, Sweden, have developed a novel magnesium carbonate material with world record breaking surface area and water adsorption properties, according to this…

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Green algae harnessed to make paper-based batteries

By / September 11, 2009

A press release from Uppsala University, Sweden, claims that a group of researchers at the Ångström Laboratory have discovered that the distinctive cellulose nanostructure of Cladophora algae can serve as…

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