Medical

Video of the week – 2009 Rustum Roy Lecture: ‘Engineering Challenges of the 21st Century’ by Charles Vest

By / November 19, 2009

Charles Vest, president of the National Academy of Engineering and president emeritus of MIT, was the 2009 Frontiers of Science & Technology–Rustum Roy Lecturer at the recent ACerS Annual Meeting…

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New beryllium reference material for occupational safety monitoring

By / September 23, 2009

Researchers at NIST have produced a new reference material for beryllium. The rare-earth metal used as a hardener in high-performance alloys and ceramics can cause berylliosis — a chronic, incurable…

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Case Western researcher bites into crown failures

By / September 21, 2009

Jin-Ho Phark, an assistant professor at the Case Western Reserve University School of Dental Medicine, says he has figured out a way to make ceramic crowns adhere better for dental…

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Nanodiamonds move into gene therapy

By / September 2, 2009

A team of Northwestern University researchers has figured out a way to use nanodiamonds to deliver DNA for gene-therapy application. By modifying the surface of nanodiamond particles with a special…

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Video of the week – Aldo Boccaccini on the vitrification of hazardous wastes, bioglass and electrophoretic deposition

By / August 26, 2009

Aldo Boccaccini is a professor in materials science at Imperial College, U.K. and a member of the London Center for Nanotechnology, a joint project between Imperial College and University College,…

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Video of the week – Del Day on treating cancer with glass microspheres

By / August 19, 2009

Del Day, the Curators’ Professor Emeritus of Missouri University of Science and Technology, discusses his work in the field of bioglass. Day, a former president of ACerS, has spent several…

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Multifunctional material aids brain imaging

By / August 17, 2009

Engineers are getting craftier and craftier about making one material that is capable of more than one function, especially in the realm of nanomaterials. It can be a little difficult…

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Nanotube-powered X-rays

By / August 13, 2009

Technology Review reported that carbon nanotubes are at the heart of a new X-ray machine that is slated for clinical tests later this year at the University of North Carolina…

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