Plastic packaging continues to be a major problem for the environment. Paper, on the other hand, is made of renewable raw materials. Its advantage over petroleum-based plastic is that it decomposes and does not remain in the ground for many years. How-ever, uncoated paper does not provide any barrier to humidity or oxygen. Plain paper Read more about Plasma-Coated Paper: A Sustainable Alternative to Plastic Packaging[…]
Haptic R&D Consulting Seeks Consortium Partners for Horizon Europe Call on Innovative Materials Haptic R&D Consulting, focussed on technology transfer and innovation, is thrilled to announce its intention to form a consortium to apply for the Horizon Europe call HORIZON-CL4-2024-HUMAN-02-36: “Synergy with national and regional initiatives in Europe on Innovative Materials.” About the Call This Read more about HORIZON-CL4-2024-HUMAN-02-36: “Synergy with national and regional initiatives in Europe on Innovative Materials”[…]
The EU and Japan will work together on developing new materials used in critical sectors of the economy. Cementing close collaboration in research and innovation, Iliana Ivanova, Commissioner for Innovation, Research, Culture, Education and Youth, and Hiroki Matsuo, Vice-Minister for Science, Technology and Innovation Policy, Cabinet Office, announced the launch of the EU-Japan Enhanced Dialogue on Read more about Advancing Together EU and Japan Launch Dialogue on Cutting-Edge Materials[…]
Haptic R&D Consulting, an engineering company in technological innovation, is happy to announce its participation in ECOMAT Days 2024, scheduled to take place on April 17-18, 2024, in Bremen, Germany. The event, renowned for its focus on advanced materials and sustainable solutions, presents a prime opportunity for Haptic to engage with industry stakeholders, explore emerging Read more about Exploring Cutting-Edge Materials Innovation at ECOMAT Days 2024[…]
Switzerland is built, at least as far as the road network is concerned. Therefore – and despite recycling –, significantly more reclaimed asphalt is generated today than can be reused in new roads. Empa researcher Martins Zaumanis has set himself the goal of increasing the recycled content of asphalt – with adapted production methods and Read more about Sustainable Roads: The Evolution of Asphalt Recycling[…]
Australian engineers have discovered a new way of precisely controlling single electrons nestled in quantum dots that run logic gates. What’s more, the new mechanism is less bulky and requires fewer parts, which could prove essential to making large-scale silicon quantum computers a reality. The serendipitous discovery, made by engineers at the quantum computing start-up Diraq and UNSW Read more about A new discovery brings silicon quantum computing closer[…]
Wearable devices have garnered attention for their potential as sensors that could monitor various biomarkers, a means of drug delivery, medical devices and more. In order for these wearable devices to be functional and practical, they need to have batteries that are stretchable and highly deformable. While there has been research on how to improve Read more about Future of wearable devices empowered by new stretchable battery[…]
A new technique takes bioprinting — in which an ink of cells is printed, layer by layer, to form a structure — to a whole new, and icy level. Investigators from the Zhang lab at Brigham and Women’s Hospital have developed a technology that they term “cryobioprinting,” a method that uses a bioink embedded with Read more about Cryobioprinting can give bioprinted tissue an extended shelf life[…]
If everything moved 40,000 times faster, you could eat a fresh tomato three minutes after planting a seed. You could fly from New York to L.A. in half a second. And you’d have waited in line at airport security for that flight for 30 milliseconds. Thanks to machine learning, designing materials for new, advanced technologies Read more about Machine learning accelerate to discover new advanced materials[…]
Human skin bruises when the tissue and muscle in the area suffer trauma or become damaged due to an application of blunt force. However, when an object suffers an impact that is expected to damage, it is necessary to examine every inch of the surface of the material to understand the extent of the damaged. Read more about Next-generation material for futuristic wearable sensors and artificial skin[…]
A University of Central Florida researcher is working to make portable devices and electric vehicles stay charged longer by extending the life of the rechargeable lithium-ion batteries powering them. Assistant Professor Yang Yang is doing this by making the batteries more efficient, with some of his latest work focusing on keeping an internal metal structure, Read more about A new unique technique making the batteries more efficient[…]
Super-micro, low-power sensors and devices that can send and receive signals and information anytime, anywhere will become an integral part of people’s lives in a hyper-connected world driven by the Internet of Things (IoT). The question is how to continually supply electricity to the countless electronic devices connected to the system. This is because it Read more about Development of haptic touch sensor that works by static electricity[…]