News tagged with plastic materials
Newborn weights affected by environmental contaminants
Jun 15, 2009 |
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Recent epidemiological studies have revealed an increase in the frequency of genital malformations in male newborns (e.g., un-descended testes) and a decrease in male fertility.
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'Self-healing' polymer may facilitate recycling of hard-to-dispose plastic
Apr 23, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers in The Netherlands are reporting development of a new plastic with potential for use in the first easy-to-recycle computer circuit boards, electrical insulation, and other electronics ...
Plastic as a conductor
Dec 02, 2008 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Plastic that conducts electricity and metal that weighs no more than a feather? It sounds like an upside-down world. Yet researchers have succeeded in making plastics conductive and cutting ...
Can Recycling Be Bad for the Environment?
Jul 14, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- By now, nearly everyone knows that it is important to recycle. It helps the environment. Even my six-year-old knows that. But what if it doesn't? While it seems pretty straightforward, in ...
Xerox Develops Silver Ink for Cheap Printable Electronics
Oct 27, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Xerox has developed an ink which can be used to print circuits onto plastics, films, and textiles. Although circuits printed on flexible materials aren't new, Xerox's method may be cheap and ...
Study: Bio-plastic goods not eco-friendly
Apr 27, 2008 |
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Bio-plastic goods can still damage the environment by emitting gases that can impact climate change, a study by a British newspaper found.
Stronger material for filling dental cavities has ingredients from human body
May 20, 2009 |
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Scientists in Canada and China are reporting development of a new dental filling material that substitutes natural ingredients from the human body for controversial ingredients in existing “composite,” or ...
Hormone-mimics in plastic water bottles -- just the tip of the iceberg?
Mar 26, 2009 |
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In an analysis1 of commercially available mineral waters, the researchers found evidence of estrogenic compounds leaching out of the plastic packaging into the water. What's more, these chemicals are potent in vivo and result ...
Dental fillings without gaps
Sep 05, 2008 |
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Tooth cavities are usually closed with plastic fillings. However, the initially soft plastic shrinks as it hardens. The tension can cause gaps to appear between the tooth and the filling, encouraging more ...
A bright future for plastics -- robot 'skin,' flexible laptops and electric posters
Jun 30, 2008 |
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WITH market analysts predicting a ten fold increase in the value of the organic light emitting display industry, from £1.5 billion to £15.5 billion, by 2014, it is no wonder that scientists and governments alike are keen ...
Security ID cards with built-in holograms (w/ Video)
Dec 01, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Plastic cards with security features are ubiquitous these days, having a wide variety of uses such as credit cards, employee cards, licenses, and so on. Many have holographic images, but they ...
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