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That new-car smell just lost some of its appeal, with scientists finding cabin materials can emit potentially harmful levels of chemicals linked to cancer.

Rice University researchers have found a method to engineer wood to trap CO2 by a likely scalable, energy-efficient approach that also makes the material more robust for construction purposes.

The capability of batteries to power microdevices, microrobots, and implanted medical devices has been constrained by the long-standing technological challenge of translating the electrochemical performance of large format batteries to microscale power sources.

Developing renewable energy sources is a top priority for researchers, political leaders, and communities as the planet tries to deal with the reality of climate change and the earth’s natural resources.

A recent study published in the journal Cell Reports Physical Science addresses this issue by fabricating a lightweight and ultrawhite nanoporous paint using hexagonal boron nitride (hBN) for daytime radiative cooling applications.

Meenesh Singh and his team at the University of Illinois Chicago have found a means to transform the carbon dioxide extracted from industrial exhaust into ethylene, a crucial component of plastic manufacturing.

Chinese researchers have recently published a paper describing a novel mechanical approach for exfoliating hexagonal boron nitride nanosheets in a controlled manner (h-BNNSs).

The researchers behind an energy system that helps capture solar energy, has the ability to store it for up to 18 years, and then liberate it when and where it is required have currently taken the system a step ahead.

To improve piezoelectric performance, a dielectric micro-capacitive method was developed by embedding well-oriented MXene films in a poly(vinylidene fluoride) framework.

Various strategies have been formulated to minimize the accumulation of rapidly increasing plastic wastes. One of the methods involves upscaling, which is based on a catalytic transformation of plastics.