Parallel alignment of dressing fibers accelerates wound healing
A team of researchers from Singapore has reported the development of a skin-mimicking scaffold by parallelly aligning nanofibers made up of a mixture of polycaprolactone (PCL) and gelatin that enhances wound healing. Their research has recently been.....»»
How James Webb will align its 18 primary mirror segments
With the James Webb Space Telescope arrived at its destination, the telescope has to go through a series of alignment processes to get it ready for science......»»
Alphabet"s Sidewalk Labs Offshoot Is Now a Unicorn
After Alphabet shelved plans to build its own city and wound down the company in charge of the project, a group of former employees is carrying on its legacy. Bloomberg reports: Their startup, Sidewalk Infrastructure Partners LLC, is pursuing ambitio.....»»
Electric Wound Dressing Could Help Injuries Heal Faster
An electric wound dressing can help heal injuries faster than existing methods, according to tests in rats. From a report: Previous research has found that applying electric fields across a cut can speed up wound healing, but this usually requires la.....»»
Novel mathematical models illuminate light propagation in nonlinear optical fibers
Data traffic is rapidly growing and can soon overload the current internet infrastructure. The key to solve this overload problem is to improve the data transmission over optical fibers. Vinicius Oliari defended his Ph.D. on new, more accurate mathem.....»»
Overweight dogs respond well to high-protein, high-fiber diet
A study of overweight dogs fed a reduced calorie, high-protein, high-fiber diet for 24 weeks found that the dogs' body composition and inflammatory markers changed over time in ways that parallel the positive changes seen in humans on similar diets......»»
Autonomous battery-powered rail cars could steal shipments from truckers
Advances in batteries, autonomy could extend the reach of freight railroads. Enlarge / Two Parallel Systems rail vehicles transport a container down a test track in Southern California. (credit: Parallel Systems) For the last.....»»
Tiny electric generators could accelerate wound healing
Tiny dressings that generate electricity in response to movement could accelerate wound healing and tissue regeneration. Scientists in Taiwan reviewed the latest advances and potential applications of wound healing technology in the journal Science a.....»»
Process improves strength, color of feather-based fibers
Domesticated chickens in the United States alone produce more than 2 billion pounds of feathers annually. Those feathers have long been considered a waste product, especially when contaminated with blood, feces or bacteria that can prove hazardous to.....»»
Jerome Powell Says the Fed is Prepared To Raise Rates To Tame Inflation
Jerome H. Powell, the Federal Reserve chair, told lawmakers on Tuesday that a rapidly healing economy no longer needed as much help from the central bank and that keeping inflation in check -- including by raising interest rates -- would be critical.....»»
Accidental tree wound reveals novel symbiotic behavior by ants
One afternoon, during the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic in Panama, a bored teenager with a slingshot and a clay ball accidentally shot entry and exit holes in a Cecropia tree trunk. These are "ant-plant" trees, which famously cooperate with fie.....»»
China accelerates development of SiC MOSFET for power semiconductors
China-based companies such as China Resources Microelectronics (CR Micro), Silian Microelectronics and NCE Power are actively developing high-end power semiconductor product lines......»»
Rare leopard captured in northern Iraq
An endangered leopard captured in Iraq's mountainous north had its hind leg amputated on Friday following a trap-inflicted wound, an AFP photographer said......»»
This Company Has a Way to Replace Plastic in Clothing
Natural Fiber Welding uses an innovative process to treat cotton and make it behave more like synthetic fibers......»»
Scientists calculate how carbon nanotubes and their fibers experience fatigue
Up here in the macro world, we all feel fatigue now and then. It's the same for bundles of carbon nanotubes, no matter how perfect their individual components are......»»
Step forward in quest to develop living construction materials
Some engineered living materials can combine the strength of run-of-the-mill building materials with the responsiveness of living systems. Think self-healing concrete, paint that changes color when a specific chemical is detected or material that cou.....»»
Changing old polymers for use in new applications
The use of plastics on a daily basis is inherent to modern life. The most produced and utilized family of plastics are polyolefins, which are used in packaging materials, toys, lawn chairs, and extremely strong fibers and ropes. During his Ph.D. rese.....»»
Defense or repair: How immune cells are controlled during wound healing
Scientists show a causal link between tissue repair, mitochondrial metabolism, and the activation and function of macrophages (scavenger cells)......»»
Printing technique creates effective skin equivalent, heals wounds
Researchers have developed an approach to print skin equivalents, which may play a future role in facilitating the healing of chronic wounds. They used suspended layer additive manufacturing, creating a gel-like material to support the skin equivalen.....»»
Effectiveness of ointment that kills antibiotic-resistant bacteria shown
New research shows that use of a topical drug, called AB569, a combination of acidified nitrite and EDTA (or ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid) promotes killing of antibiotic-resistant bacteria while enhancing the healing of wounds in a variety of burn.....»»
3D printing of blood plasma may speed up wound healing
New research suggests that effective wound healing may be aided by replicating a crucial component of our blood......»»