Strung-out plastic performs heat feat
Nanoscale polyethylene fibres conduct heat better than pure iron – good news for circuit...
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Author: Colin
Shape-shifting polymer pulls off amazing memory tricks
The polymer, called Nafion, can “remember” three distinct shapes when heated – the...
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Shoddy construction beats precision in quantum world
Instead of striving to eliminate imperfection physicists would do better to inject a bit of...
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Will the anaconda or the oyster rule wave power?
There’s no shortage of designs to convert wave energy to electricity – now they’re...
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Nanotube cuff is ‘solar cell’ for exhaust pipes
A new material based on nanotubes matches the efficiency of solar cells – but scavenges power from...
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