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Carbon Concrete Researchers win German Future Prize 2016
Carbon Concrete researchers of Technische Universität Dresden in Germany win the German Future Prize 2016. The new material could possibly replace steel enforced concrete in the construction industry, due to better performance. Continue reading
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Ionic liquids for the textile industry – part 1
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Another brilliant example of a new material for camouflage colour effects, inspired by nature. Scientists at the University of California have created a thin, flexible material that changes colour whe...
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Ionic liquids for the textile industry – part 2
Part 2 of this article reviews ionic liquids, a comparably new substance class, for applications in the textile industry. In particular, fibre manufacturing and coloration.
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3D printing of textiles – part 1. Haute Couture and technical challenges
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Are excess heat and isotope changes in e-cat LENR reactor real? Part 2
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Are excess heat and isotope changes in e-cat LENR reactor real? Part 1
A group of Swedish and Italian scientists published technical papers that seem to confirm excess heat in a low energy nuclear reaction (LENR) device called e-cat. The scientists found in the ash of th...
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These Industries Can Benefit From Augmented Reality
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