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The University of Akron is a public research university in Akron, Ohio

Large-scale energy storage technology takes another big step

10 gallons per hour from the air from a backpack water harvester in the desert?

For thousands of years, people in the Middle East and South America have extracted water from the air to help sustain their populations. Drawing inspiration from those examples, researchers are now developing a lightweight, battery-powered freshwater harvester that could someday take as much as 10 gallons per hour from the air, even in arid locations.

10 gallons per hour from the air from a backpack water harvester in the desert?

Spiders spin possible solution to ‘sticky’ problems

Researchers at The University of Akron are again spinning inspiration from spider silk — this time to create more efficient and stronger commercial and biomedical adhesives that could, for example, potentially attach tendons to bones or bind fractures. Read more . . .    

Spiders spin possible solution to ‘sticky’ problems

Nanotechnology breakthrough is big deal for electronics

University of Akron researchers have developed new materials that function on a nanoscale, which could lead to the creation of lighter laptops, slimmer televisions and crisper smartphone visual displays. Known as “giant surfactants” – or surface films and liquid solutions – the researchers, led by Stephen Z.D. Cheng, dean of UA’s College of Polymer Science and

Nanotechnology breakthrough is big deal for electronics

The Promise of Biogels

It’s squishy, synthetic, flexible, mostly water and almost as tough as rubber. No, it’s not “flubber” — it’s a hydrogel, and now scientists at The University of Akron are exploring new biomedical uses for this polymer-based product. Dr. Jie Zheng, associate professor of chemical and biomolecular engineering, and Dr. Robert Weiss, Hezzleton E. Simmons professor and chair

The Promise of Biogels

Filmmaking Magic With Polymers

Think about windows coated with transparent film that absorbs harmful ultraviolet sunrays and uses them to generate electricity. Consider a water filtration membrane that blocks viruses and other microorganisms from water, or an electric car battery that incorporates a coating to give it extra long life between charges. The self-assembled copolymer block film that makes

Filmmaking Magic With Polymers

Graphene/Nanotube Hybrid is a Promising Material for Energy Storage, Electronics

A seamless graphene/nanotube hybrid created at Rice University may be the best electrode interface material possible for many energy storage and electronics applications. Led by Rice chemist James Tour, researchers have successfully grown forests of carbon nanotubes that rise quickly from sheets of graphene to astounding lengths of up to 120 microns, according to a

Graphene/Nanotube Hybrid is a Promising Material for Energy Storage, Electronics

Key to New Antibiotics Could Be Deep Within Isolated Cave

Could mean good news in the battle against superbugs Antibiotic-resistant bacteria found in one of the deepest, most isolated caves in the world could mean good news in the battle against superbugs. Researchers from McMaster and the University of Akron have discovered a remarkable prevalence of such bacteria in New Mexico’s Lechuguilla Cave, a place

Key to New Antibiotics Could Be Deep Within Isolated Cave

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