When most people hear "polymer," they think of plastics. In our group, polymerization is a way to line up identical molecules like beads on a string and let quantum mechanics take over. Put magnetic ...

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Photopolymerization could be an energy-saving PFAS-free finish, says Ahmad Ibrahim, from CTT Group. He spoke at Advanced Textiles Expo in 2025.

The study of fossilized resin stones containing several creatures allowed scientists to recreate the interactions between ...

Engineering has spent decades pushing limits in two directions: building structures that grow larger every year and shrinking ...

A new review argues that sustainable molecularly imprinted polymer sensors require lifecycle assessment, regeneration design and quantitative green metrics.

From the Department of Bizarre Anomalies: Microsoft has suppressed an unexplained anomaly on its network that was routing traffic destined to example.com—a domain reserved for testing purposes—to a ...

In the first months of his administration, President Donald Trump repeatedly threatened due process, a fundamental principle enshrined in the U.S. Constitution. His attacks have spanned from the ...

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