09/01/2020This Super ‘Sponge’ Releases Steam When the Sun Shines
A curious gel can soak up water vapour from the air and swell to enormous size without bursting.
Inspired by ‘air plants’ that need no soil, a squishy material harvests water from the air at night and releases the moisture when warmed by the Sun.
08/17/2020NIMTE Organizes CAS-TUBITAK Webinar on Material Sciences
On August 11, the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) and the Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey (TUBITAK) held a joint webinar themed on Material Sciences. The Ningbo Institute of Materials Technology and Engineering (NIMTE) of the CAS and the TUBITAK co-organized the webinar.
07/08/2020NIMTE Stages 2020 Postgraduate Commencement Ceremony
On the morning of June 19, the Ningbo Institute of Materials Technology and Engineering (NIMTE) under the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) held the 2020 Postgraduate Graduation Ceremony and the Degree Conferral Ceremony. A total of 181 postgraduates, including 69 University of Chinese Academy of Sciences (UCAS) students and 112 students under joint supervision, embarked on ...
03/23/2020NIMTE Leads in the Patent Application List of Zhejiang
The Ningbo Institute of Materials Technology and Engineering (NIMTE) under the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) filed 476 patent applications in 2019, accounting for 13% of the total 3657 patent application fillings, thus ranking first among scientific research institutions in Zhejiang province, according to the Provincial Patent List of 2019 relesed recently.
03/12/2020Researchers Design Self-protective, Reproducible Electronic Textile for High Performance Wearable Devices
Chinese researchers have reported a new type of self-protective and reproducible electronic textile for wearable devices with high performance.
