Articles Tagged with ''research and development''

If I were to sum up the general vibe experienced in the world over the last five-plus years in one word, the word I would choose is uncertainty. 

Engineers from MIT and Freie Universität Berlin have developed a new type of glue that combines the waterproof stickiness of mussels' plaques with the germ-proof properties of mucus.

A Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI) researcher is developing a new class of medical adhesives by bringing together hydrogels and glue-like polymers to safely and reliably connect human tissues to therapeutic devices implanted in the body.

3M and Discovery Education announced the recipients in the 2025 Alumni Grants Program. 

Elkem ASA’s Silicones division has published research it the journal Science that outlines a process to recycle silicones.

2025 is shaping up to be a year of potentially big change in many areas, including within the chemical industry and the manufacturing industry.

Using a device called a triboelectric nanogenerator (TENG), mechanical energy can be converted into electrical energy using triboelectric effect static. 

A scientist at Washington University in St. Louis has scaled up a carbon dioxide conversion process to a much larger scale.

The Adhesive and Sealant Council's annual Conference and Expo will offer sessions covering myriad topics to help the industry build a better future through innovation.  

At the first-ever Henkel DESIGNathon, bright minds met up to disrupt the status quo in the packaging industry and tackle big challenges related to sustainability.