The Importance of Material Science
Hello fellow scientists! For this week I will be finding a news article that discusses the importance of material science. Just by reading through my blog though, you could find the importance of material science. They contribute to how and what almost everything is made from. They determine what cars are made out of, what individuals parts are made, and how to make everything more cost/environmentally friendly. The world continues to grow more and more advance, and therefore we need more advanced materials to satisfy the needs of us humans. They can solve problems, or stop them from ever happening in the first place.
The article I found this week talks about recycling in the U.K. It talks of a new product that is recyclable and can take the place of a material known as medium density fiberboard, which is a cheap wood product that is used in the creation of furniture and such. About 1 million tonnes are wasted every year since it cannot be recycled. However, this new material is a wood based material that is made from natural sources, which would allow it to be easily recyclable. This breakthrough was found by Professor Abbott and his team at the Department of Chemistry at the University of Leicester.
It's the discoveries like these that make material science an important field to study. The majority of people will have no idea their new furniture is made from this new material, and yet just by buying it they are helping to preserve the earth's resources. Most of the innovations that are found by material scientists will not be advertised widely, but they are still all very important to sustaining prominent life on this planet.
"New recyclable MDF could help solve UK waste problem." Phys Org. 1 Nov 2013. Web. 2 Nov. 2013.
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