According to Towards Chemical and Materials, the global polymer foam market size is calculated at USD 160.43 billion in 2025 and is expected to be worth around USD 273.58 billion by 2034, growing at a ...

A research team has presented a design strategy for precisely controlling polarity, the key property of triboelectric ...

On Wednesday, the Nobel Prize Committee honored three researchers for their role in developing MOFs: Richard Robson for demonstrating the first MOF, and Susumu Kitagawa and Omar Yaghi for developing ...

That problem is why, even though we’ve had success finding enzymes that break down common plastics like polyesters and PET, they’re only partial solutions to plastic waste. However, researchers aren’t ...

A research team affiliated with UNIST has developed a novel method to synthesize polymer-based particles that mimic the ...

Plant a seed and, if the conditions are right, the seed grows. The process seems simple enough at first glance and is something many of us may feel like we learned in elementary school.

A roof paint that can cool your home and pull fresh water straight out of the air? It's within reach, as scientists scale up ...

Researchers at the University of Sydney and start-up Dewpoint Innovations have developed a nanoengineered polymer paint-like ...

Researchers created polymer particles that mimic opal's lasting colors, offering a sustainable way to make vivid pigments for ...

D woven baskets are geometrically sophisticated, with some incredible properties that engineers can use to design materials ...

A team of engineers at North Carolina State University has designed a polymer “Chinese lantern” that can rapidly snap into multiple stable 3D shapes—including a lantern, a spinning top, and more—by ...

BN nanosheets provide innovative solutions for corrosion protection, combining electrical insulation and chemical inertness ...