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Swinburne researchers have turned old, unwanted mattresses into safe and sustainable building insulation materials using fungi. The team grew a common fungus together with shredded mattress foam to ...

Radiation generally comes under the heading of "things you want to stay away from," so it's no surprise that radiation shielding is a high priority in many industries. However, current shielding is ...

DENVER, CO--(Marketwired - May 23, 2017) - In Willowbrook, Illinois, a new box culvert crossing was being replaced to move water runoff from a golf course on one side of 63 rd street to a small pond ...

This video shows ROHACELL ® structural foam that has been used in composite technology for many years. ROHACELL offers PMI-based foam with 100% closed cell structure. The main features of the ROHACELL ...

(Nanowerk Spotlight) Only 30% of all freshwater on the planet is not locked up in ice caps or glaciers (not for much longer, though). Of that, some 20% is in areas too remote for humans to access and ...

It started with one of those lightbulb moments. Calgarian Ben Eadie, who does special effects and props for movies, was looking for a lightweight material for a work project, but thinking about his ...

The polymers we call "plastic" are an integral part of our daily lives. We take them for granted in our coffee cups, ballpoint pens and the steering wheels in our cars. When we get home, we might walk ...

(ShareCast News) - Global medical technology company ConvaTec Group announced the US launch of 'Foam Lite' ConvaTec dressing on Wednesday, which it described as a light, flexible silicone foam ...

Composite metal foams (CMFs) are little-known materials that are beginning to show some big promise. Last year we saw researchers adapt these lightweight materials to stop various forms of radiation ...