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 ...

BUFFALO, N.Y. — Just 9% of plastic worldwide is recycled. Due to waste mismanagement, nearly three-quarters of it ends up in landfills or the environment. So how can plastic recycling be more ...

Mazda Motor Corporation (Hiroshima, Japan) and Mitsubishi Chemical Corporation (Tokyo) have jointly developed a bio-based engineering plastic that can be used for exterior parts for automobiles ...

cleveland.com: Joao Maia, professor of macromolecular science and engineering at Case School of Engineering, weighed in on plastic sustainability. "We are trying to make plastics sustainable, because ...

Plastics are valued for their durability, but that quality also makes them difficult to break down. Tiny pieces of debris known as microplastics persist in soil, water and air and threaten ecosystems ...