An end-of-year industry wrap-up 

December 16th, 2024

NCSU associate professor Sonja Salmon is studying a process for separating blended fabrics into their component fibers so they can be recycled or composted. Researchers there want to separate blended fabrics so their components can be recycled. Enzymes can degrade rayon in this blend (left), leaving clean elastane behind (right). Photo: Sonja Salmon. Research and […]

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UCSB Materials Research Lab receives NSF funding

October 23rd, 2023

In a funding renewal, the University of Santa Barbara’s Materials Research Laboratory (MRL) has received its seventh consecutive major grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) to operate as an NSF Materials Research Science and Engineering Center (MRSEC). A top materials research facility, MRL was one of nine centers selected by the NSF this year to receive […]

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