Polymer

The advantages of polymer compared to paper bills — Credit: This article is based on the scientific article “Polymer Banknotes: A Review of Materials, Design, and Printing Amirmohammad Rafiei, Amirhossein Karimi and Mahdi Bodaghi”. (Full citation and link available at the end of the article) Money is an integral part of most people. Typically, money is made from metals…

Peak deconvolution is sometimes required as part of our work as research scientists and we’ve relied on commercial softwares for such tasks. Recently I found myself working with a challenging material, one that was difficult to deconvolute. With the production by day of materials exhibiting complex behaviors, tasks such as…

The flexibility in the design of modular blockchains and rollups motivates flexibility in the design of IBC as well. IBC network topology is changing from a homogenous and densely connected network to a heterogenous and sparsely connected network. Modular IBC adapts the IBC protocol to this dynamic environment. Previously, we…

The Woman Who Reinforced Our Safety Without Us Even Knowing — Hey there, folks! Have you ever heard of Stephanie Kwolek? Don’t worry, I hadn’t either until recently. But trust me, her story is worth knowing. Stephanie Kwolek was a chemical engineer who changed the world with her invention of Kevlar, a strong and lightweight material that is used in everything…

Go 1.20, Polymer’s Web Component, Proxmox vs. ESXi, TensorFlow, Programming Fonts, Java 19, Linux 6.1, Flutter BLOC, Containerization vs. Virtualization, and more — This week’s issue contains some of the most interesting articles and news, selected from all the content published in the previous week on the Developers News website. Developers News Great news for Linux users! Greg Kroah-Hartman, the Linux stable maintainer, formally announced that Linux version 6.1…devsnews.site

Biomaterials experts create poly(CEP), the first anti-inflammatory polymer for post-operative eye care. The eyes are the windows to the soul. But for some, these ‘windows’ could be left with permanently-drawn blackout blinds. Out-of-control inflammation following retinal reattachment surgery can cause serious scarring in some patients. About 10% of patients recovering…

Abstract This work synthesized and characterized chitosan-silica based hybrid fiber from cowry shell and rice husk respectively with the aim of studying the behavior of a hybrid polymer-silicate composite via the electrospinning technique to produce nanofibers from natural polymer and agro waste, from which scaffolds can be produced which can be…

Tokyo, Japan — February 2, 2023 Yokogawa Electric Corporation (TOKYO: 6841) announces the acquisition of Fluence Analytics, Inc., a US-based startup that provides real-time analytics solutions to polymer and biopharmaceutical companies worldwide. Since signing investment and collaboration agreements in August 2021, the two companies have been exploring potential business opportunities…

Alphafly controversy? Banned Vapourfly? All these amazing running shoes were being banned for one thing: they’re too good. But why are they too good? To answer that question, we need to dive deep into the foam behind it all, PEBAX. With an 85% energy return, it was originally derived from…