Delrin, Acetal, and its many trade names is a material properly known as Polyoxymethylene or POM. It is one of the strongest plastics and is a good go-to material when you want the best properties ...

The researchers created this new composite plastic with a machine they developed that builds ... The Velcro effect is one reason the material is so strong. Another is the arrangement of the nanosheets ...

Employees of the Institute of Chemistry of Kazan Federal University and the Kazan National Research Technical University have ...

Delrin, Acetal, and its many trade names is a material properly known as Polyoxymethylene or POM. It is one of the strongest plastics and is a good go-to material when you want the best properties ...

In a recent study, researchers at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute were able to gene-hack a strain of bacteria to turn wasteful polyethylene plastic into a spider silk-like material as strong as ...