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Developing better protective equipment requires new materials that better disperse energy.
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Remember your PIN? Researchers create a molecular code to encrypt data
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Environmentally-friendly polypeptide synthesis
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Programmable smart materials, which can be reversibly controlled through magnetically-induced heating and actuation.
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Engineers create a robotic platform to automate the production of new, functional polymers for advanced materials.
7th Polymer International – IUPAC Award Winner
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