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The list of items that contain PFAS - "forever chemicals" - is long and frightening: our clothing, food packaging, firefighting foams, nonstick cookware, building products, and makeup, among many others. (Even our dental floss has "forever…

Smaller size has always been a goal of virtually any manufactured good. From a material standpoint, smaller means fewer materials and lower cost. From a user's perspective, smaller means easier to carry, fit in a pocket, and transport. From…

Graphene is an incredibly strong electrical and thermal conductor, making it a perfect ingredient to enhance semiconductor chips found in many electrical devices. There are, however, still roadblocks. Manufacturers have been unable to…

With most 3D printers, objects are built up layer by layer. But what if they didn’t have to be? Dan Congreve, an assistant professor of electrical engineering at Stanford and former Rowland Fellow at the Rowland Institute at Harvard…

As 3-D printing increasingly makes its way into homes, libraries, and schools, risk researchers are questioning the health and safety implications they may pose, especially to children. The concern is that the particles released during the…