This Clear Plastic Material Harvests Solar Energy Without You Even Knowing It’s There Researchers are developing transparent solar collectors that let sunlight in, while turning ultraviolet and ...

On a morning in Wako, a small city just outside Tokyo, Takuzo Aida held up a thin piece of clear plastic. It looked like the ...

The new material was inspired by the skin of a squid. Image source: Rainer / Adobe However, seeing a singular material that can block both is exciting, because of the possible implications it has ...

For decades, the lemon-lime drink has come in green bottles — but clear plastic is more easily recycled, the company says. Environmentalists say the issue is not the color but the single-use ...

Sprite is retiring its green plastic bottles after more than 60 years. Coca-Cola said Wednesday it’s changing the packaging from green to clear plastic beginning August 1 as part of broader ...

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From textiles and glass bricks to metallic meshes, plastics, and even marble, translucent materials redefine architectural aesthetics. ... Translucent Materials in Architecture" 20 Feb 2024.

MORGANTOWN — West Virginia University is among three universities testing a new technology using “shape memory” material for clear plastic dental aligners, an alternative to traditional metal braces.

I can't wait to see how such building materials will be used in architecture. Having a translucent wall with a transparent front door is divine. josefaber April 20, 2023 11:10 PM ...

Sprite is trading in its iconic green plastic bottle for a new clear one that is more recyclable. On Wednesday, the Coca-Cola Company released a statement announcing that, starting Aug. 1, the ...

The material can’t yet reach the toughness of a plastic bag, for example, nor the elasticity of a rubber band. “We’re not quite there in those yet, but we’re pretty close,” Mr. Boynton said.