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- Bio-inspired membrane captures 90% of CO2 in power plant emissions Wed, 9 May 18, 3:06amResearchers at Sandia National Laboratories have developed a new biologically inspired membrane that can capture carbon dioxide from power plant smoke...
- Groundbreaking new material for longer-lasting batteries inspired by leaf veins Wed, 12 Apr 17, 1:24amBiology may hold the clues to better batteries. An international team of scientists designed a porous material inspired by the vascular structure of leaves that could make energy transfers more efficient. Similar to the way...
- Mollusk-Inspired Super Material is 200 Times Stronger than Standard Glass Thu, 30 Jan 14, 3:35amAbalone Shell photo from Shutterstock Cracked smartphone screens and shattered windows may be a thing of the past. Scientists at McGill University in Montreal have created a new type of glass that is 200 times stronger -...
- Scientists Create Mollusk-Inspired Material 200 Times Stronger than Standard Glass Thu, 30 Jan 14, 3:35amAbalone Shell photo from Shutterstock Cracked smartphone screens and shattered windows may be a thing of the past. Scientists at McGill University in Montreal have created a new type of glass that is 200 times stronger -...