Quantum materials are substances with special properties that can only be explained by quantum mechanics. One example is strontium titanate. This material has interesting superconducting and ...

Drifting at sea, isolated on a space station, or stuck in a war zone, engineers trying to build new things or patch together a repair are often constrained by the materials they have at hand. But what ...

As an engineering plastic having high transparency and impact resistance, polycarbonate (PC) is employed in eyeglass lenses, camera lenses, DVDs, automobile headlights and bulletproof glass. The ...

Single use plastics represent an environmental challenge that researchers at the Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering hope to address. The proliferation of plastic products has created an ...

Japanese automaker Honda has adopted Durabio, a bio-based polycarbonate engineering plastic from Mitsubishi Chemical, in two of its latest models traversing Japanese streets. The plastic is being ...

WASHINGTON — The United States should create a national strategy by the end of 2022 to reduce its contribution to plastic waste in the ocean, including substantially reducing the amount of solid waste ...

OXFORD, England — When you think of plastic, you might picture flimsy shopping bags or disposable water bottles. But there’s a special type of plastic that’s so tough it can stop bullets, replace worn ...