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Video of the week - Jain on biomedical applications of glass
Lehigh University professor Himanshu Jain discusses the school’s work to lead an international effort to develop biocompatible, dually porous glass that helps damaged human bone to regenerate. Jain, who teaches in the Department of Materials Science and Engineering, was the subject of another post we did about a week ago concerning a project to encourage more African-Americans to adopt science and engineering careers.
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Iranian research getting noticed
Iran isn’t necessarily known for being a leader in ceramic and related material science, but some recent announcements suggest they shouldn’t be ignored either. For example, one group has successfully produced a sulfonic acid nano-catalyst with the ability to be recycled more than 20 times. They envision this material to be a replacement in industrial settings for normal sulfonic acid that, although potent, is usually passed over because of its strong corrosive effects on metal. Suflonic acid can be recycle, but it that requires several additional neutralizing steps. (more…)
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