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Materials

Food packaging plastics recycled into electricity cables

Open University partners with NASA on lunar water mission

Heat recovery device can boost efficiency of solar energy systems

Cucumber tendrils inspire artificial muscle

Bombardier composite wing wins RAEng award

Made in space: additive in orbit

Big Ben sounds positive note on 160th anniversary

Highways England and GEIC investigate graphene roads

Real-time microscopy helps characterise reactor metals

Window film has potential to even out solar heating

Wearable technology seeks new materials to enhance functionalities

MIT aerogel captures solar heat for domestic and industrial applications