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An interdisciplinary team of engineers and surgeons at Penn State have created a new class of biomaterial that can better ...

Nearly 40% of nonorganic fruits and vegetables grown in California contain traces of pesticides that are also PFAS, or ...

Covestro AG and the Fraunhofer UMSICHT have signed a contract to operate a pilot plant for smart pyrolysis of rigid ...

As Chinese enterprises accelerate their global expansion, Mo Dingge, a deputy to the National People's Congress, has highlighted the urgent need for "soft infrastructure" — specifically standardized ...

Researchers at the Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (SEAS) have created a chip-scale device that can dynamically control the "handedness" of light as it passes ...

By Sandra Agyeiwaa OTOOFor Nana Esi Idun-Arkhurst, leadership has always been about building systems that work and developing people who can sustain them.Though trained as a chemical engineer, she has ...

A team from University of Toronto Engineering is the first to synthesize long noncoding RNA (lncRNA) outside the cell—a new approach to drug discovery that has already yielded some promising ...

Researchers at the University of Michigan have discovered that the constant gnawing of rodents isn't just a reflex or a consequence of a tough diet. It also triggers a release of dopamine in the brain ...

Over the past decade, however, a wave of technological advances has begun to expand the druggable proteome. These include covalent inhibitors (such as sotorasib), chemical proteomics, and AI-enabled ...

These everyday experiences are made possible by an invisible hero in the manufacturing world: Modified Engineering Plastics. These are not merely basic polymers; they are sophisticated, chemically ...

In the German research project bioPEtex, BB Engineering (BBE) is working with other partners to develop textiles made from 100% bio-based polyethylene (PE). The aim is to make use of this polymer, ...