US engineers craft 3D shapes from single sheets to control light and sound path
The researchers employed kirigami techniques to create cuts in a sheet of paper, resulting in a complex surface with numerous ...
The New York Times18d
PFAS Bans Are Coming for Clothing. Here’s What You Need to Know.
Patagonia switched its DWR to longchain PFAS from shortchain PFAS less than 10 years ago, believing the longer chemical structure to be safer. “We finished that transition, everybody was psyched ...
Nanowerk7d
Creating bioinspired structures with 3D printing
such as lattices and web structures. Deposition-based processes in 3D printing, such as direct ink writing, would be able to work with these materials to create such structures, but these suffer from ...
Politico Europe3d
PFAS: Working toward a sustainable future while protecting patient care
Over the past couple of years there has been a growing focus on PFAS (per- and poly-fluoroalkyl substances) — a group of more than 10,000 synthetic chemicals that are widely used in consumer and ...
The National Law Review7d
EPA’s PFAS Regulations: What Real Estate Professionals Need To Know
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The National Law Review7d
Apple’s PFAS Consumer Fraud Lawsuit the Latest in Growing Trend
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Space.com11d
3D structure of iconic Ring Nebula gives 'a brand new view of an old astronomical friend'
We are staring "right down the barrel of it, which is really quite surprising to me — we're just lucky." One of the most photographed objects in the night sky is the Ring Nebula, wreckage of a ...
Seacoastonline.com14d
EPA reports PFAS chemicals cleanup at Pease makes progress
The executive summary section of the report details at length how the Air Force has worked to treat and/or monitor the presence of PFAS — known as forever chemicals — at multiple locations on ...
Dunn County reduces bridge weight limit
Officials have reduced the weight limit on the Highway BB/Tainter Lake Bridge following an inspection. The Cedar Falls bridge is inspected every other year. This year’s inspection found deterioration ...
People13d
Smart Watch Bands Contain 'Very High Concentrations’ of Forever Chemicals That May Be Absorbed into Skin
A new study found 15 bands commonly available in the U.S. contained PFAS Getty Bands used for smart watches and fitness trackers contain a synthetic rubber made with PFAS — also known as ...
Le Monde.fr15d
When industry manipulates science to prevent a PFAS ban
A technical article with an austere title ("Grouping of PFAS for human health risk assessment"). Signed by an "independent panel of experts." Published in a peer-reviewed journal belonging to the ...
pv magazine International1d
Perovskite solar cell based on 3D/2D heterostructures achieves 26.05% efficiency
Developed by an international team including Saudi Arabia's KAUST and the Chinese Academy of Science, the solar cell is ...