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Top 5 Materials: November 2022
Paper Saver® ink from Blue Planet Ink® A self-erasing (disappearing) ink for inkjet printers that becomes colorless with exposure to air in hours or days, depending on formulation and environment. …
Weekend Word / Solar Cells
Many modern devices and industrial systems run on electricity as an energy source. Unlike gasoline, electricity is not, in it of itself, derived from fossil fuels and does not produce greenhouse …
Material Profile: Light Control Glass by Gauzy MC#: 901701
This is a plastic film that contains molecules which allow more or less light to pass through a coated glass surface, in response to an electric current. This is the only materials science company …
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Join Us for MCX Live on November 9th!
Accelerating the Bioinnovation through renewable building blocks, smart manufacturing, and sustainability certifications Given the surge in corporate climate commitments, material and product …
Behind The Trends With Emma Fric
Have you ever wondered what goes into making a trend report? Dr. Andrew Dent is joined by Emma Fric, semiotician and co-founder of The Prospectivists, a leading trend foresight agency for an engaging …
Weekend Word / LED + OLED
Light-emitting diodes or LEDs are a type of semiconductor that convert electricity to energy in the form of light. LEDs are extremely small, approximately the size of a fleck of pepper. Yet, they can …
Weekend Word / Light
Light is the electromagnetic radiation carried by particles we call photons in the form of waves. Light can be analyzed as a property of both waves and particles, but regardless, it refers to …
Patagonia’s Big News
In this month’s ask an expert, I wanted to talk about a recent article from the last month that we found exciting. I don’t think I could find a more widely circulated article on my LinkedIn as the …
Material Profile: Suharei Tape by G&G International Trading, Inc. MC#: 1225501
Repulpable tape that can be recycled together with carton package boxes. This tape replaces BOPP packaging tape and can be used for a variety of medium weight boxes including recycled fiberboard. We …
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Wood – Processing an Age-Old Material in Modern Ways
Processing an Age-Old Material in Modern Ways - Look around you. Chances are you will see more than a few wood surfaces. And I can bet that these are likely to be warmer and more enjoyable as a …
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Coffee – Knowing How to Utilize the Whole Bean
Knowing How to Utilize The Whole Bean - Coffee, the staple of daily life for over one billion people, is produced from 10 million tons of beans every year, and that means that there is a lot of coffee …
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Cotton – An Evolution From Yarn to Alternative Applications
An Evolution from Yarn to Alternative Applicaitons - Natural, renewable, and a staple of our lives for the last few millennia, cotton is a true industrialized crop, with volumes of 27 million tons …
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A New Take on Minerals
A new take on minerals - Turns out, two-thirds of all the known minerals on our planet would never have formed without the creation of life. The majority of the hard, crystalline, sometimes beautiful …
Hemp –the serendipitous evolution of a once banned but now flourishing herb
Hemp –the serendipitous evolution of a once banned but now flourishing herb. Versatile, fast-growing, ubiquitous, and one of the few materials that screams sustainability, bamboo can be a viable basis …
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Material Trends in Dog Accessories
One request that we've recently gotten when working on projects for dog companies are finding more durable solutions for dog toys. When you think about dog toys, the most obvious factor to consider …
