Tons of no-longer-needed electronics end up in landfills every year. However, scientists from University of Illinois think they have found a key to a sustainable clean future, represented by self-healing electronics.
The team strongly believes that a broken item will be able to work at its entire capacity once again... |
27 December 2011
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A collaboration of investigators from the Kyushu University and the Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) announces the development of a new type of polymer, that can mend itself. Whenever it is damaged, a simple exposure to ultraviolet (UV) light makes it as new again. The healing process takes place at room temperature,... |
20 January 2011
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Everyone has seen or at least heard of the regenerating robot in the science-fiction movie 'Terminator', or of the self-healing Wolverine from 'X-men'; well, now this ability to self-heal has become a reality, thanks to researchers at Arizona State University.They have been working on structural h... |
7 December 2010
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A team of chemistry specialists from the Warwick University has obtained a novel material that has an extremely high versatility and can be produced on a large scale with existing equipment. Their material is made up of tiny polymer particles covered by silica-based nanoparticle layers, and the end result can be used... |
26 November 2008
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Wouldn't it be wonderful if clothes washed themselves and the dirt on the kitchen floor simply disappeared? Don't lose hope, there may still be a way to do so! US researchers have recently shown that active enzymes similar to those contained inside biological clothing detergents could be used to coat surfac... |
12 May 2008
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There are plenty of options when it comes to healing one's own body, but patching up one's house usually requires days of back-breaking labor and lots of cash to spend.The Japanese approach is excellent: they are researching new materials for decades, and the best proof is an earthquake of magnitude 6.9 th... |
3 April 2007
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