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Other materials stories that may be of interest

By Lisa McDonald / December 6, 2023

Recycling concrete using graphene, limestone putty nanogenerator, and other materials stories that may be of interest for December 6, 2023.

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Other materials stories that may be of interest

By Lisa McDonald / October 27, 2021

How pearls achieve nanoscale precision, stretchy LEDs, and other materials stories that may be of interest for October 27, 2021.

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Other materials stories that may be of interest

By Lisa McDonald / January 20, 2021

Flash plastic ash to complete recycling, trap light without back reflections, and other materials stories that may be of interest for January 20, 2021.

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A real power brick—polymer-coated bricks store energy

By Lisa McDonald / August 14, 2020

Construction and refractory applications are main uses of bricks, but unusual applications show up in academic journals as well. In a recent paper, researchers at Washington University in St. Louis explain how they made ordinary bricks capable of storing energy like a battery.

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Other materials stories that may be of interest

By Lisa McDonald / July 1, 2020

New boron-lanthanide nanostructure, magnetic wood shields against electromagnetic interference, and other materials stories that may be of interest for July 1, 2020.

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Video: This tiny tooth sensor could soon monitor your health

By Faye Oney / May 30, 2018

Researchers have developed a tiny sensor that can be inserted into a patient’s gum or on a tooth to detect gum disease and monitor health by analyzing saliva. This device could eventually replace the traditional pinprick to analyze a patient’s blood.

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$43M heading to 19 new ARPA-E energy storage projects, with nod to small businesses

By / August 2, 2012

DOE/ARPA-E has given the green light to 19 new projects related to energy storage with an emphasis on electric vehicle technologies, grid reliability and security. As part of this announcement,…

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