Nov. 21, 2019News
ETH scientists have developed a special protective membrane made of cellulose that significantly reduces the build-up of fibrotic tissue around cardiac pacemaker implants, as reported in the current issue of the journal Biomaterials. Their ...
Aug. 06, 2019News
Paper is at the heart of an experimental device developed by Rice University bioengineers to study heart disease. They are using paper-based structures that mimic the layered nature of aortic valves, the tough, flexible tissues that keep ...
Sep. 27, 2017Science
The large usage of petroleum-based conventional plastics has incurred a lot of environmental issues, such as white pollution due to their non-degradability and costly recyclability. Nowadays, new plastic materials, which are ...
Mar. 17, 2015News
Many chameleons have the remarkable ability to exhibit complex and rapid color changes during social interactions. A collaboration of scientists within the Sections of Biology and Physics of the Faculty of Science from the University ...
Oct. 27, 2014News
The annual conference of the German Society of Biomaterials (DGBM) will take place in Dresden, Germany, from November 6-8, 2014. ...
Aug. 28, 2013News
ATCC, a global biological materials resource and standards organization, announces material deposit agreements with over 30 leading public and private institutions. These institutions will have the option to participate in the new ...
Apr. 12, 2013Science
Sea urchin spines are hard and tough. And would it be surprising if you were told that they are basically made of the same components as chalk? This is an example where nature has been able to "tweak" the orientation at the micro- and ...
Apr. 12, 2013News
Recycling: An old British phrase states that 'where there's muck, there's brass' - meaning that where there are dirty jobs to be done there is money to be made. This rings true to this day where many valuable resources can be recovered ...
Jul. 26, 2012Science
Proteins and cells detection methodologies with interest for rapid and costeffective diagnostics and based on nanoparticles and nanochannels, are described. The developed devices are based on the use of screen-printing technology, a mass ...
Jul. 23, 2012Science
In the last few years, biomineralization, in particular biosilicification, has become an exciting source of inspiration for the development of novel bionic approaches, following “Nature as model”. It had been the siliceous sponges ...
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