Tag: materials science
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Injectable Therapy for Rotator Cuff Injuries in Development
Biomedical engineers at Georgia Institute of Technology in Atlanta are developing a material to be injected into torn rotator cuff tendons, a common sports injury, to speed their healing. The five-year project is led by Georgia Tech’s biomedical engineering professor Johnna Temenoff and funded by a $1 million grant from National Institute of Arthritis and…
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Nanoparticles, Ultrasound Offer Option to Insulin Injections
Biomedical engineers at North Carolina State University in Raleigh developed a system of long-term insulin delivery for patients with diabetes, which tests in lab animals show can regulate blood glucose levels without painful injections. The team led by NC State engineering professor Zhen Gu published its findings online earlier this week in the journal Advanced…
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New Process Speeds 3-D Printing of Multiple Materials
Engineers at University of Southern California in Los Angeles developed a new, faster technique for three-dimensional printing of objects made with multiple materials. Industrial engineering professor Yong Chen and colleagues from USC described their process yesterday at a meeting of the engineering organization ASME in San Diego. Despite the promise and potential of 3-D printing…
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3-D Printer Maker Lands $19 Million in First Venture Funds
Formlabs, a developer of three-dimensional printing technology in Somerville, Massachusetts, secured $19 million in its first venture funding. The financing round was led by venture capital company DFJ, with Pitango Venture Capital, Innovation Endeavors, and returning angel investors. Formlabs is a spin-off from MIT’s Media Lab, founded in 2011 by three engineers and designers. The…
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Heat, Iron-Oxide Nanoparticles Improve Cancer Drug Delivery
Pharmaceutical and engineering researchers at Oregon State University in Corvallis developed a technique with heated iron-oxide nanoparticles that in lab tests was shown to kill ovarian cancer cells with chemotherapy drugs. The team led by Oregon State pharmacy professor Oleh Taratula published its findings this month in an advance online paper in the International Journal of…
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3-D Printing Lifecycle Shown More Environmentally Friendly
Materials scientists at Michigan Technological University in Houghton found that in a lifecycle analysis of production processes, distributed three-dimensional printing can have a smaller environmental impact than conventional manufacturing. Michigan Tech’s Joshua Pearce and graduate student Megan Kreiger published their findings online in a recent advance issue of the journal ACS Sustainable Chemistry and Engineering. Three-dimensional…
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Small-Scale Ceramics Materials Engineered for Flexibility
Materials scientists at Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Nanyang Technological University in Singapore created a new type of ceramics material with the ability to bend like metal, but retaining its strength. The team from the lab of MIT’s Christopher Schuh published its findings today in the journal Science (paid subscription required). The MIT-Singapore researchers developed…
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NIST Funding $7.4M for Additive Manufacturing Standards
National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), an agency of U.S. Department of Commerce, is awarding two grants totaling $7.4 million to improve measurement and standards for additive manufacturing, industrial applications of three-dimensional printing. Most of the money — $5 million — is going to a consortium of 27 organization headed by the National Additive Manufacturing…
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Graphene Photodetector Integrated with Semiconductor Chip
Researchers at Vienna University of Technology and Johannes Kepler University in Linz, Austria built a detector and converter of optical signals with graphene into a traditional semiconductor chip, making it easier to integrate optics and electronics in a single device. The team led by Vienna’s Thomas Mueller published its findings online this week in the…
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System Measures Ball-Head Impact to Simulate Sports Injuries
Engineers at Washington State University in Pullman built a system that lets sports scientists measure the impact of a softball hitting a player’s head to simulate potential injuries based on the properties of the ball. Washington State engineering professor Lloyd Smith and project engineer Derek Nevins will report their findings next week at the Asia-Pacific…