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3 March 202527 February 2025

Superglue Made from the Body’s Own Mucus

Scientists from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and Freie Universität Berlin combined a mixture of mucilaginous and sticky proteins to produce an adhesive for biomedical applications


Ein Superkleber aus körpereigenem Schleim

Wissenschaftlerinnen und Wissenschaftler des Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in den USA und der Freien Universität Berlin kombinierten eine Mischung aus schleimigen und klebrigen Proteinen


18 January 202312 January 2023

Cheap, sustainable hydrogen through solar power

Withstanding high temperatures and the light of 160 suns, a new catalyst is 10 times more efficient than previous sun-powered water-splitting devices of its kind


21 May 202116 June 2021

New process makes ‘biodegradable’ plastics truly compostable

New discovery of University of California research found unlocked enzymes to destroy the structure  


23 March 20219 September 2021

Could we recycle plastic bags into fabrics of the future?

Engineers have developed self-cooling fabrics from polyethylene, a material commonly used in plastic bags


4 December 201929 November 2019

Army project may lead to new class of high-performance materials

Researchers from three universities to reengineer ribosome as a biological catalyst to make novel chemical polymers


18 April 201915 April 2019

Creating sustainable bioplastics from electricity-eating microbes

Microbially derived bioplastics could play a role in space, where astronauts could use 3-D printer technology to manufacture their own tools


16 June 201713 June 2017

Fungal Enzymes Team Up to More Efficiently Break Down Cellulose

Collaborative science initiative enables resolution of fungal protein complexes


30 March 201724 March 2017

Silk Sensor Could Speed Development of New Infrastructure, Aerospace and Consumer Materials

Researchers have developed a way to embed a nanoscale damage-sensing probe into a lightweight composite made of epoxy and silk


5 February 20164 February 2016

4D-printed structure changes shape when placed in water

Wyss, SEAS researchers create shape-shifting architectures that mimic plant movements


26 March 201425 March 2014

MIT engineers design ‘living materials’

Hybrid materials combine bacterial cells with nonliving elements that can conduct electricity or emit light


7 April 2010

New analysis of the structure of silks explains paradox of super-strength

Could lead to even stronger synthetic materials

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