Polymers

WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF Only 3% of the Earth’s water is fresh, and most of that is locked in…

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WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF Today solar panels only generate electricity when there’s sunlight, wind farms when there’s wind, so…

WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF As our ability to engineer materials at the nano level improves we can create new…

WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF Materials form the foundation of every product and thing in the universe, so the more…

WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF We are inventing new materials all the time, and we’re also re-inventing old ones ……

WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF Biological systems can change their shape, and now researchers are getting better at creating shape…

WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF We think of batteries as having a common fixed shape, but structural batteries can be…

WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF Renewables are the future, but the electricity they generate needs to be stored so it…

WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF Controlling technology with our minds will bring about a revolution in computing and computer interfaces, …

WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF Corals today are under threat from climate change and warming acidic oceans, and if they…