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The Ukrainians fiercely defend themselves in the Donetsk region despite a shortage of personnel and the significant numerical advantage of the Russians. One of the means of defence is risky armoured ...

ABC Science took three packaging products that are common and relatively easy to recycle — glass bottles, aluminium cans and PET plastic bottles — to see just how much of each makes it through ...

The car is finished in a tangerine dream paint scheme, sprayed over carbon fiber body panels, with further weight-saving achieved through the use of Lexan polycarbonate for the side windows. Retro ...

As a doctoral student, Kaner contributed to the discovery of electrically conductive plastic by his advisors Alan MacDiarmid and Alan Heeger, who later received a Nobel Prize for their work. Other ...

MOE Key Laboratory of Macromolecular Synthesis and Functionalization, Key Laboratory of Adsorption and Separation Materials & Technologies of Zhejiang Province, Department of Polymer Science and ...

Kamm has also manufactured the wing mirrors, seat backs, and windows from Lexan polycarbonate. To put that into perspective, the 912c Targa weighs about the same as a first-generation Smart ForTwo ...

The rollover hoop is carbon as well, along with the mirror caps and seatbacks. Lexan polycarbonate was used for the windows, further saving a few kilograms. The Hungarian company estimates a sub ...