Polymers
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WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF Slime robots can go places that other robots can’t and could have valuable applications in everything from healthcare to the…
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF Magnetorestrictive materials might not be commonplace, but now they’re helping China’s latest generation of stealth submarines become undetectable at sea….
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF Fast fashion, and fashion in general, is responsible for huge amounts of landfill and waste, so they recycling industry is…
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF LiON batteries have a variety of social and environmental issues ranging from they explode and are hard to recycle, to…
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF Lunar dust clogs up everything so researchers are trying to find ways to get rid of it or minimise it…
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF Nature and synthetic biology are finding new ways to combat humanity’s waste and pollution problems. Love the Exponential Future?…
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WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF Most bandages protect, but there are a lot of new bandages coming onto the market that also accelerate healing. …
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF As global sea levels rise and inundate many coastal mega cities countries are considering building oceanic cities. Love the…
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF 3D printing lets us manufacture things that previously would have been impossible, costly, or both. Love the Exponential Future?…
WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF You are biology, and biology has its limits, but if the cells in your body had the best of biology…
