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New polymer coating might increase performance of electric car batteries:
Updated : 3 years ago IST
Researchers at Berkeley Lab have created a conductive polymer covering known as HOS-PFM that may allow for more powerful, longer-lasting lithium-ion batteries for electric cars.
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Hyderabad-based company introduces portable RTPCR machine capable of testi
Updated : 3 years ago IST
An Hyderabad-based company on Saturday introduced a small real-time polymerase chain reaction (RT PCR) machine that can test all types of viruses.
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New study in abiotic peptide chain tries to explain the origin of life
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
The origin of life is still the biggest mystery of mankind. One of the prerequisites for the emergence of life is the abiotic - not by living beings caused chemical - production and polymerization of amino acids, the building blocks of life. "Two scenarios are being discussed for the emergen
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IIT Roorkee inaugurates Centre of Excellence for research in petrochemical
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee (IIT Roorkee) and Central Institute of Petrochemicals Engineering and Technology (CIPET) signed an MoU to strengthen academic and research cooperation in the areas of Petrochemicals, Plastics, Polymers, Chemical Engineering and Science, and Material Sci
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Study reveal new way to find stress in complex fluids
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
Researchers studying fluid dynamics employ a variety of methods to examine turbulent flows, such as ocean currents or the turbulent atmosphere of other planets. The research team led by Arezoo Adrekani has found that a mathematical tool utilised in these domains can reveal important details
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Researchers combine natural squid tissues with synthetic polymers to devel
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
The fundamental capabilities of squid tissues and the inventiveness of chemists work together to further the understanding of hydrogels.
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Adani Enterprises to deploy hydrogen-powered trucks for mining
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
The FCET is scheduled to be launched in India in 2023
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Hindustan Petroleum Corp forays into petrochemical biz by launching HP Dur
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
The Secretary for Petroleum and Natural Gas, Pankaj Jain, launched the HPCL's first polymer brand in the presence of HPCL Chairman and Managing Director Push Kumar Joshi and senior officials from the ministry. They inaugurated the brand, logo, product brochure and package for the polymer pro
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Tackling plastic pollution with a net of law and chemical coding: Research
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
An innovative proposal to tackle the global plastic pollution crisis with a combination of DNA-like encoding of plastics and international law has been put forward by a transdisciplinary team of QUT researchers.
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No more burning or dumping, plastic pollution can be controlled via its 'D
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
The plastic crisis has been an ongoing environmental issue for a long time now. Disposal of plastic is always a difficult task since the material doesn't decompose for a long time. Burning and dumping have been two ways it has been disposed for the time being. However, a team of researchers
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Research into thermal properties of cellulose nanofibers yields surprising
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
Plant-derived materials such as cellulose often exhibit thermally insulating properties. A new material made from nanoscale cellulose fibres shows the reverse, high thermal conductivity. This makes it useful in areas previously dominated by synthetic polymer materials. Materials based on cel
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Study reveals cellulose based materials have environmental benefits over p
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
Researchers found that focusing on cellulose-based materials could result in more environmentally friendly technology applications when thermal conductivity is required because they are more environmentally friendly than polymers.
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