ORNL has pioneered molten salt research since the 1960s, when its Molten Salt Reactor Experiment showed that molten salt ...

Researchers at the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory developed a method to convert a commonly discarded ...

The 19th-century science fiction novel Frankenstein explores the idea of combining artificial materials with human body ...

Researchers at Purdue University have grown conductive polymers inside the brains of living animals using the animals’ own ...

The technique pioneered at Oak Ridge National Laboratory produces high-value-added chemicals from plastic waste without ...

Researchers probe charged polymer droplets to reveal how their nanoscale behavior could shape future drug delivery and adhesive materials. (Nanowerk News) Whether natural or synthetic, polymers — ...

Albuquerque, N.M. — For the past three years a Sandia research team headed by Mat Celina has been investigating the performance of various piezoelectric polymer films that might one day serve as ultra ...

Last semester, assistant professor of chemistry Brooks Abel piloted a lab for Chemistry 12A, “Organic Chemistry,” to demonstrate recycling on a chemical level. Specifically, students decomposed ...

Cambridge, MA – Scientists often seek new materials derived from polymers. Rather than starting a polymer search from scratch, they save time and money by blending existing polymers to achieve desired ...