The Chinese research institute that developed the nanomaterial is looking to work with companies to apply the technology in making air purifiers and face masks
Thomas Schaefer was a member of Chancellor Angela Merkel's party, the Christian Democratic Union (CDU), and had been the finance minister of Hesse for nearly 10 years
Scientists from Norway, Spain, the Netherlands and Italy, in cooperation with ESA, have conducted several experiments to verify the potential of urine urea as a plasticize