The UMass Amherst-led team is challenging the common belief that perfect fillers are the best choice for creating thermally ...

In the quest to design the next generation of materials for modern devices—ones that are lightweight, flexible and excellent ...

Why it matters: New composite materials are offering more expensive decking and building materials that offer the prospect of lasting a lot longer than their wood counterparts. What's a composite?

Avient Corp.'s design team collaborated with Georgia Tech's School of Industrial Design in a six-week project using ...

Cork material can be compounded with three families of polymers: prime (PP, PE, TPU), recycled (PP & PE), and even bio-based ...

A new method to recycle wind turbine blades without using harsh chemicals resulted in the recovery of high-strength glass fibers and resins that allowed researchers to re-purpose the materials to ...

Cement is the foundation of our civilization — quite literally. We couldn’t construct the buildings around us without cement.

The team has created a cost-effective solution for solid-state lighting, enhancing India’s self-reliance in advanced lighting ...

In the quest to design the next generation of materials for modern devices – ones that are lightweight, flexible and ...