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Zinc-based batteries are one of a number of more cost effective, and potentially safer alternatives to lithium-ion, and a new breakthrough shows how crab shells might make them a whole lot more sustainable as well.
New research from the group of Joshua Yuan, professor and chair of energy, environmental and chemical engineering at Washington University in St. Louis' McKelvey School of Engineering, may soon lead to even lighter, stronger carbon fiber -- and stronger plastics -- all using what is currently a waste product.
Goldman and colleagues marked A. aegypti neurons with fluorescent labels to uncover details about how the mosquito brain deciphers human smells. To their surprise, the team found that individual
New research may soon lead to a lighter, stronger carbon fiber—and stronger plastics—using lignin, a product that is currently considered waste.
Joshua Yuan at Washington University in St. Louis and collaborators have cracked a chemical code that will take carbon fiber to the next level.