A wireless sensing system that uses a triboelectric nanogenerator (TENG) aims to help equestrians improve their biomechanics and alert others when a rider takes a fall.
Researchers from the Universities of Lancaster and Warwick, UK, have fabricated compound semiconductor ultra-effective memory (ULTRARAM) devices on silicon that they claim would combine the best features of existing memories without any of the disadvantages.
Researchers from Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), USA, have developed a polymerisation process that they claim fabricates a polymer stronger than steel and light as plastic.
Chanel is launching new packaging for its products based on Forest Stewardship Council (FSC)-certified wood chips that are by-products of industrial side-streams, combined with camellia seed shells.
A common household plastic has been transformed into a reusable adhesive by US scientists, who claim it combines strength and ductility producing one of the toughest materials reported.
Australian researchers have created a new carbon capture and storage (CCS) method that they claim instantly and permanently locks carbon away in solid form.
How is the shipping sector fairing as it navigates towards net-zero? Mark Glover plots a route via technology, sustainable fuels and strong stakeholder engagement.
Senior Research Fellow, Dr Artur Grisanti Mausbach, at the Royal College of Art, UK, is behind the wheel of an alternative car design initiative for a circular economy. Here, he takes us for a spin.
Alan Banks of Ford Motor Company, UK, Chris Runciman of the UK National Composites Centre, and Gareth Bone of Gestamp UK, take us on the journey of the CHASSIS project to incorporate a composite hybrid structural suspension into Ford’s Transit vans.
Tim Barbary FIMMM, Chairman of the Midlands Packaging Society, outlines the challenges packaging businesses face in response to the UK Government’s Industrial Decarbonisation Strategy.
A new class of ultra-lightweight and high-performance metal composites are advancing the aviation sector’s transition to net-zero. Nathan Sutemire and Lisa Leonard, from TISICS Ltd, UK, explain more.
Professor Paul Hogg FIMMM and Dr Faye Smith FIMMM at Avalon Consultancy Services, UK, investigate the opportunities and challenges for fibre-reinforced polymer composites in zero-carbon emission flight.
As heavy goods vehicles drive towards decarbonisation, Dr Alistair Barnes MIMMM, Innovation Lead at Innovate UK, maps the potential roadblocks and solutions en route.
Dr Tahsin Ali Kassam at Murgitroyd summarises a recently granted patent for a flexible solar generator to achieve better protection against electromagnetic radiation, oxygen or ions present in space.
A smart food packaging using corn proteins and infused with antimicrobial active ingredients (AIs) is said to kill bacteria in food and extend shelf-life by two to three days.
A team of researchers at the Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology (Empa) has developed a flexible, shellac-based ink for printed circuits that they claim is metal-free, non-toxic and disposable.
