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A new self-healing polymer that is highly suitable for use as a flexible conductor in wearable devices and robots has been ...

A team of professors from the East China University of Science and Technology has created China's first polymeric material ...

Investigating polymer biodegradation, Lehigh University and Dow aim to optimize microbial processes in wastewater treatment for better environmental outcomes.

At 36,000 feet over Utah, the United Airlines Boeing 737 MAX 8 experienced a violent collision in the air, crushing the exterior panel of the cockpit windshield and raining glass on the flight deck, ...

Researchers have developed a light-emitting sugar probe that exposes how marine microbes break down complex carbohydrates.

This article is part of “Innovations In: Type 1 Diabetes,” an editorially independent special report that was produced with financial support from Vertex. A little more than a century ago a diagnosis ...

The polymers around us are basically a disordered mess, with long chains of atoms tangled around each other. But starting around 1990, chemists began developing techniques that allow us to build ...

Pound-for-pound, the human brain is the body’s most metabolically costly organ, consuming 20% of our energy and accounting for an outsize portion of our anatomy compared with most other animals.

Philo, the streaming service known for its affordable entertainment-first approach, has just announced a major update to its subscription offering. Philo’s monthly price is now $33, up $5 from the ...

The iPhone 17 Pro Max is an iPhone that can make you feel like you can accomplish almost anything you want with it. It’s an iPhone that empowers the person holding it. That’s special. There was a time ...