A boat. A windmill. A bird. The polymer plastic developed by researchers at Zhejiang University, in China, can do them all. You just need to apply a little heat and the material starts taking on a ...

The material can be tempered into different shapes — like steel in the hands of a blacksmith — and could someday transform space travel, recycling and more. By Katrina Miller With restrictions on ...

Researchers have developed a process to make a thermoset that can be reshaped and reused. The new plastic is a shape-memory polymer, so named because the material can “remember” its original shape and ...

What sets ATSP apart from traditional plastics is its self-healing and shape-recovery capabilities. "Shape recovery and self-healing are two facets of the same mechanism," Naraghi explained. "With ...

A new study details the development of a temperature-responsive textile that can be used to create self-fitting garments powered only by body heat. A breakthrough invention in wearable technology has ...

Aerospace engineering and materials science researchers at Texas A&M University have uncovered new properties of an ultra-durable, recyclable, smart plastic — paving the way for transformative ...