When many research efforts are trying to find ways to make plastic more biodegradable, researchers in Israel are finding ways to make plastic super-hard. These new plastics could replace steel, be produced less expensively, and help the environment. Prof. Moshe Kol of Tel Aviv University’s School of Chemistry is developing super-strength polypropylene — one of [...]
Polymer Filter Could Speed Up Communications
May 25, 2011 By Leave a Comment
Researchers have come up with a new polymer-based technology that could make computers and the Internet a whole lot faster. Like a hundred times faster. Features Editor Barry Copping at Plastics and Rubbers Weekly reported that the team of Koby Scheuer of the Tel Aviv University’s School of Electrical Engineering have created a novel optical filter. [...]
