News tagged with synthetic materials
Progress Toward Artificial Tissue?
Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials
May 15, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- For modern implants and the growth of artificial tissue and organs, it is important to generate materials with characteristics that closely emulate nature.
Chameleon-like camouflage: 'Nano-camo' for fashionistas and environmentalists
Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials
Apr 17, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Certain fish species blend with their environment by changing color. Sandia National Laboratories researchers have demonstrated that, in theory, they could cause synthetic materials to change ...
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Scientists say pyramids could be concrete
Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils
Apr 23, 2008 |
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Scientists are taking a new look at Egypt's pyramids to see if some of the blocks could have been made from concrete.
Synthetic HDL: A new weapon to fight cholesterol problems
Jan 09, 2009 |
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Buttery Christmas cookies, eggnog, juicy beef roast, rich gravy and creamy New York-style cheesecake. Happy holiday food unfortunately can send blood cholesterol levels sky high.
Marine worm's jaws say 'cutting-edge new aerospace materials'
Jul 14, 2008 |
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Researchers in California and New Hampshire report the first detailed characterization of the protein composition of the hard, fang-like jaws of a common marine worm. Their work could lead to the design of ...
Chemists reproduce the rose's 'petal effect'
Apr 21, 2008 |
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The lotus flower is nature’s “slip n’ slide,” where water beads skate along each petal’s surface like liquid metal. Now, chemists reveal the ying to the lotus’ frictionless yang: rose petals. Chemists have ...
Clothing to crow about: Chicken feather suits and dresses
Jan 12, 2009 |
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In the future, you may snuggle up in warm, cozy sweats made of chicken feathers or jeans made of wheat, enjoying comfortable, durable new fabrics that are "green" and environmentally friendly. Researchers ...
Shellfish and inkjet printers may hold key to faster healing from surgeries
Mar 18, 2009 |
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Using the natural glue that marine mussels use to stick to rocks, and a variation on the inkjet printer, a team of researchers led by North Carolina State University has devised a new way of making medical adhesives that ...
Super multi-use minerals unveiled
Jun 23, 2008 |
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This material forms around a third of the average packet of washing powder and helps refine 99 per cent of the world's petrol. It is also used to clean up nuclear waste. This extremely useful material is a ...
Can a new implant coating technique create a new six million dollar man?
Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine
Jun 29, 2009 |
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Tel Aviv University researcher Prof. Noam Eliaz of the TAU School of Mechanical Engineering has developed an electrochemical process for coating metal implants which vastly improves their functionality, longevity ...
Crowning glory: Bonelike coating for dental implants makes everyone smile
Apr 04, 2008 |
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Research present in a forthcoming issue of the International Journal of Nanomanufacturing from Inderscience Publishers suggests that coating dental implants with a synthetic bone material prior to implantation allows such i ...
Stripes key to nanoparticle drug delivery
Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine
Jun 09, 2008 |
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In work that could at the same time impact the delivery of drugs and explain a biological mystery, MIT engineers have created the first synthetic nanoparticles that can penetrate a cell without poking a hole ...
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