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Can polymer reinforced aerogel make a space mission? University of Akron researchers think so!

In Milan, art and science get together to showcase Vegetal, weather resistant designer chair

Can you “Cool Your Roof” - reports researchers from Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing

If you follow plastics electronics - follow Unidym’s innovative product lines

Rice Univ (USA) researchers grew high quality graphene from polystyrene, cookies, grass, cockroach leg & dog feces

USA researchers develop all-polymer multilayer coating to retard fire and to suppress smoke

Non-toxic, liquid bandage from Chesson Labs of Durham, NC is ready for the healthcare market

Rutgers Univ researchers moves plastic electronics with graphene based PS thin films

Current status in graphene based polymer nanocomposites – a review

Battelle researchers are improving PLA for injection molding applications

Teijin Techno Products claims to be world’s first mass producer of aramid nanofibers

Block copolymers could create hard disks with 10 tera-bit-per-Square-inch:Researchers predict

Norner touts major research project on polymers based on carbon dioxide

Advanced nanocomposite membrane technology of NanoH2O turns it to a Global clean technology company

Korean scientists provide a different twist to the “Smart Window” technology

Polymer bank notes on the rise to avoid counterfeit paper currencies

3D systems introduces non-halogenated flame retardant for aircraft applications

Brazilian scientists are actively pursuing bioplastics research and innovation

Green Composites - all you wanted to know about

Wax could be green too – touts GreenMantra Technolgies!

Scientists from IBM and Stanford University are developing new plastics recycling process

US researchers develop shape memory polymer nanocomposites exhibiting fast actuation speed

AMI unveils the North American Bioplastics technology agenda

Work of North Carolina State Univ. researchers shows how to remove radioactive elements from drinking water

New ambipolar polymer beats others: reports US researchers

A novel technique to manufacture continuous twisted yarn from aligned PAN nanofibers

McMaster university (Canada) researchers developed flexible solar cell technology

Polymer helps to designing higher capacity Li-ion battery

Researchers gather to discuss advances in organic photovoltaics (OPV)

It is time to make “Perfect Plastic” reports UK researchers

Mannigton converts large stickers from 2010 winter games into commercial flooring

Electric Glue: Another twist to make controlled polymer-surface adhesion

German researchers unveiled a green approach to electrospinning technique for making biodegradable nanofibres

Practical Devices provide useful power from the body

Work of North Carolina State Univ. researchers shows how to remove radioactive elements from drinking water

Plastic Logic sees mass production of flexible display in 2008

Plastrec, a Quebec recycler unveils recycled PET production combining two plastics technologies

Japanese scientists report a unique, smart and self-healing polymer nanocomposite hydrogels

Prof. Alan Heegers group demonstrated the potential of plastics solar cells

Innovations in design come from plastics to win several 2009 International Design Excellence Awards

Are you an injection moulder, you may want to read the ultimate in mould cooling article

Austrian researcher reports new opportunities from Silicon oxide Nanofilms

Researchers review how to characterize polymer nanocomposites by different microscopicy techniques

Swedish researchers show highest reported charge capacities for all polymer paper-based battery

Can polymer reinforced aerogel make a space mission? University of Akron researchers think so!

Something old... Something new.... produces an interesting marriage

Alberta scientists help to make Canada’s first bio-composite based electric vehicle body design

Yale scientists develop high performance thin film composite membrane

Siver nanowire electrodes for flexible electronics

A team of researchers demonstrate plastics and graphene can work together to make touch screen device a reality

UCLA scientists showed how simple it could be to make conducting polymer thin films

Singapore researchers touts corn starch can help solve body armour and protective sports padding

Braskem S.A. is leading the way to manufacture biobased polyethylene using catalytic dehydration

For the first time, IBM researchers showed 3D molecular structure could be observed

Canadian researchers claim world’s most efficient “inverted” OPV solar cells

Bayer uses PC film Makrofol? for it's new Innosec Fusion? technology to stop counterfeiting

Will your windows generate power one day?

MIT researchers show how to draw Polyethylene as nanofibers and get a very high thermal conductivity

Scientists from Sweden and USA showed electronics can truly be organic or say truly be plastics

Researchers develop unique printable thin film supercapacitor using SWCNT

How Collagen nanofibers could find use in Tissue Engineering

Plastics help design non-shatter pint glass to prevent pub attacks

GM recycles oil soaked booms from the Gulf of Mexico for its Chevrolet Volt under hood parts

World’s first all-plastic LED lamp comes from Japan

Univ of Texas @ Austin scientists reported method to produce a large scale reduced graphene oxide

Binder free multilayer graphene based polymer composite for high performance supercapacitor electrodes

Harvard Univ researchers show how soft robotics could navigate a difficult obstacle

Arkema unveils a range of "green" polymers for its textile market

Polymers help Addidas to launch lightest soccer boots and 2010 FIFA World cup match ball never seen before in the field

Self-healing plastics healing like human skin

IKV researchers report thermoplastic/metal hybrid materials for Direct manufacturing electronic part

Using biodegradable polymer, University of Basque country researcher report on bone regeneration

Japanese researchers are developing stereo-block type PLAs for high performance materials

French scientists tout first use of nano-structured assemblies that could revolutionize dentistry

ZogglesTM earns Invention of the year 2010 award and keeps the fog away

MIT team aims to develop application specific surgical adhesives to seal tissues

Nanoparticle coating prevents ice build up

Sabic Innovative Plastics unveils its newly developed a clear flame retardant Polycarbonate copolymer

Chinese researchers made a bendy polymer that could separate aromatics hydrocarbons from aliphatic

Can you “Cool Your Roof” - reports researchers from Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing

How plastics helping revolutionize stretchable electronics applications – a review, not to be missed!

Princeton university researchers embedded piezoelectric material onto polymer as energy harvester

Bio-succinic acid is becoming new green platform chemical for plastics

Umass, Amherst researchers find ways to hold 300 kilograms of weight using sticky tape

A review on polymer/bioactive glass nanocomposites provides current trends in polymer research

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Leszek A. Utracki National Research Council of Canada (NRC / IMI) Boucherville, QC Canada	Vassilios Galiatsatos LyondellBasell Industries Cincinnati, OH USA
Austin H. Reid, Jr. DuPont Pass Christian, MS USA	Ulf Panzer Borealis Linz Austria
Grezegorz Czeremuszkin Revision Eyewear Montreal Canada	Rakesh K. Gupta West Virginia University Morgantown USA
Naffa Mekhilef Saint-Gobin Innovative Materials Northborough, MA USA	Henk Verhoogt SABIC - Europe Sittard The Netherlands

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