This article has been updated to reflect other innovative paint techniques manufacturers are investigating to mitigate damaged paintwork. Automotive paint has to withstand many different occupational ...

Scientists at Bournemouth University in Poole, England, have made advancements in creating plastic that can self-repair. The research team incorporated specially engineered nanomaterials into plastic, ...

Key Components and Design Strategies of Self-Healing Batteries. This schematic illustrates the fundamental components and strategies for developing self-healing batteries. The three main ...

Self-healing materials are being developed by RIT researchers to further improve additive manufacturing, specifically 3D-printed products, to make them stronger and more resilient. Christopher Lewis ...

A team of researchers at Cukurova University, a research university in Adana, Turkey, announce several ongoing patents that are said to provide a simple, more cost-effective way to create a channel or ...

A self-healing hydrogel improves zinc battery stability, limits corrosion and dendrites, and supports flexible cells that recover performance after cuts, advancing safer water-based energy storage.

SUZHOU, China — Yokohama Rubber Co. (YRC) expects to begin producing what it has described as the "world's first self-repairing tires" at its Suzhou plant in China later this year. The project was ...

Apple patents are growing more interesting each year with some which appear to be taken out of a science fiction book. They might not be absurd to imagine working, but the Cupertino giant can make it ...

Self-healing networks—systems that automatically detect, diagnose and fix network issues without human intervention—promise a future of near-zero downtime, automated fault recovery and more resilient ...

Future generation of Samsung foldable smartphones might take durability to a whole new level. Owing to the flexible nature of foldable phones, the large main screen isn’t as scratch or crack resistant ...