Medical

Get ready for your two-minute talk in the Capital City—submit an abstract for Bioceramics 2014 today!

By April Gocha / April 9, 2014

Innovations in Biomedical Materials: Focus on Ceramics 2014 is coming to the Capital City this summer–some great plenary sessions and panel discussions are already lined up, plus the conference is featuring a new Rapid-Fire Presentation session. Apply today!

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Other materials stories that may be of interest (with video)

By April Gocha / April 8, 2014

Other materials stories that may be of interest on April 8, 2014.

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Thank your microbiome—gut microbes are behind chocolate’s health benefits

By April Gocha / March 27, 2014

An artificial gut has helped researchers explain dark chocolate’s positive health benefits by revealing that gut microbes help digest cocoa’s anti-inflammatory polyphenols.

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Other materials stories that may be of interest

By Eileen De Guire / March 24, 2014

Other materials stories that may be of interest

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‘Superbowl of STEM’ brings together big names to spark students’ interest in science

By Jessica McMathis / March 12, 2014

Some of the biggest names in science (and Hollywood!)—along with an additional 350,000 visitors, many of them K-12 students—are expected to attend the 3rd USA Science & Engineering Festival (USASEF), April 26–27, at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center in Washington, D.C.

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Wearable zeolite filters show promise as an alternative to kidney dialysis

By April Gocha / March 10, 2014

Japanese scientists have developed a simple wearable zeolite filter that can filter blood and may someday provide an alternative to conventional kidney dialysis procedures.

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Iron oxide nanoparticles drop it like it’s hot—anti-tumor resistance by local hyperthermia

By April Gocha / March 5, 2014

Dartmouth researchers have used mouse models to show that local tumor hyperthermia with iron oxide nanoparticles and an alternating magnetic field can induce a whole-body immune response with cancer-protective effects.

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Biomedical nanoelectronics get a boost from alumina-protected silicon nanowires

By April Gocha / March 2, 2014

Harvard scientists have synthesized alumina shells on silicon nanowires to protect the wires and vastly extend their lives in biomedical nanoelectronics.

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Ceramics and glass business news of the week

By Eileen De Guire / February 28, 2014

Ceramics and glass business news of the week

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Other materials stories that may be of interest

By Eileen De Guire / February 25, 2014

Other materials stores that may be of interest

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