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Materials

Artist’s impression of the way natural cellulose fibres are combined to form the CNF yarn, and a magnified section showing the nanoscopic rod-shaped filaments within the yarn bundle

Research reveals thermal conductivity of cellulose fibres

3D printed thermoplastic on woven-carbon fibre reinforcement

Self-healing composite keeps parts in service

‘Conductive Play-Doh’ could herald new class of materials

Gentoo penguins inspire solution to ice build-up

Spectrometer on a chip

International team develops scaled down spectrometer

Researchers improve light absorption in perovskite/si tandem solar cells

Image: Adobestock

Swansea team transforms face masks into Ethernet cables

Ruthenium doped with nickel proved to be a robust catalyst to split water into hydrogen and oxygen. The anode developed at Rice University is intended to replace expensive iridium in industrial catalysts

Iridium replaced with ruthenium in hydrogen production

World’s first large-scale production of battery grade Prussian blue

Seaweed replaces plastic in grease-resistant fast-food packaging

SER Group establishes specialist battery recycling division

A new plastic-like material developed by researchers at The University of Texas at Austin can be manipulated to be soft and stretchy or hard and rigid with only the application of a catalyst and visible light

Controlled crystallisation leads to plastic that mimics natural phenomena