Self-healing polymers have evolved from early-stage laboratory concepts into commercially viable materials, particularly between 2022 and 2025, as industries increasingly focus on ...

The breakthrough addresses a critical structural failure known as delamination, where layers in fiber reinforced polymer (FRP ...

A carbon fiber composite that can seal its own cracks and restore structural strength more than 1,000 times in a row has been ...

A soft artificial muscle that can heal itself after electrical failure and bounce back to 91% of its original performance has ...

Researchers at Georgia Tech have developed "living" polymers capable of growing, shrinking, healing, and regenerating after ...

Advanced materials like self-healing polymers and composites enhance space robots' durability, enabling them to thrive in ...

Charles R. Goulding and Nimra Shakoor unpack how gallium shortages and geopolitical tensions are reshaping U.S. supply chains while unlocking new frontiers in 3D printing.

A research team has developed a method for easily synthesizing a self-healing polymer gel made of ultrahigh molecular weight polymers (polymers with a molecular weight greater than 106 g/mol) and ...

The newly invented fiber composite could stretch the lifetime of these structures from decades to centuries.

Breaking away from conventional robots that perform only predefined functions once fabricated, researchers have developed a ...

The 19th-century science fiction novel Frankenstein explores the idea of combining artificial materials with human body ...