Chemists design biodegradable plastics inspired by nature, programming polymers to stay durable in use and break down safely ...

Anode-free lithium metal batteries, which have attracted attention as candidates for electric vehicles, drones, and ...

A new polymer reported in Nature may mark a turning point for needle-free insulin delivery. Researchers at Zhejiang University have developed a charge-shifting polyzwitterion that can carry insulin ...

Light as plastic, stronger than steel, and more difficult to deform than bulletproof glass. “We don’t usually think of plastics as being something that you could use to support a building,” says MIT ...

Whenever body armor comes to mind, we expect it to be heavy and inconvenient. However, there is a lightweight variant that makes use of 2D polymer material that is stronger than steel but as flexible ...

An ultrathin polymer layer on electrode surfaces improves the stability of an anode-free lithium metal battery, addressing ...

A newly designed robust mechanophore provides early warning against mechanical failure while resisting heat and UV, report ...

Intestinal stem cells (ISCs) derived from a patient's own cells have garnered significant attention as a new alternative for ...

Our slow-moving queue curves around a two-story wooden boathouse filled with props from explorations through distant lands. At the front of the line, a Disney cast member dressed in khaki helps us ...

U.S. Marine Corps Cpl. Jamaury M. Jimenez, a machine gunner with Advanced Machine Gun Course (AMGC) 1-22, fires polymer rounds from a .50-caliber machine gun at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, ...