Novel Materials

Novel material to be made into mosquito-bite-proof clothing

E&T Magazine: Researchers from North Carolina State University have created insecticide-free clothing which has been demonstrated to protect the wearer from mosquito bites in experiments using live mosquitoes. The researchers have formed a start-up and intend to make clothing from their…

Food Scraps Get a Bold New Life

Institute of Industrial Science, the University of Tokyo: Most people don’t think much about the food scraps they throw away; however, investigators from the Institute of Industrial Science at The University of Tokyo have developed a new method to reduce food waste by recycling discarded fruit and vegetable scraps into robust construction materials. Worldwide industrial and…

Electric cars: Special dyes could prevent unnecessary motor replacements

Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg: One day in the near future dyes in electric motors might indicate when cable insulation is becoming brittle and the motor needs replacing. Scientists at Martin Luther University…

A new form of carbon

Aalto University: Carbon exists in various forms. In addition to diamond and graphite, there are recently discovered forms with astonishing properties. For example graphene, with a thickness of just one atomic layer, is the thinnest known material, and its unusual properties make it an extremely exciting candidate for applications like…