Raw materials play a critical role in cell therapy manufacturing. Choosing suboptimal materials at any stage of development ...

Incisive Surgical's Insorb subcuticular skin stapler (top) was made from polyetherimide for high mechanical and compressive strength. The Corex HSD from Trinity Orthopedics uses polycarbonate for ...

Engineers make things. They make them out of materials. What do they need to know to choose and use materials successfully? First, a perspective of the world of materials - polymers, glasses, ceramics ...

How do you decide on the “right” fastener type for a component or assembly involving composite and plastic materials in a time-efficient way? To define which materials and concepts a fastener type is ...

Understanding materials, their properties and behavior is fundamental to engineering design, and a key application of materials science. Written for all students of engineering, materials science and ...

Gas chromatography is an analytical tool that characterizes aqueous and nonaqueous extractables of device materials. Photo courtesy of NAMSA (Northwood, OH) Establishing biocompatibility of medical ...

The technological development of humanity was supported in its early stages by natural materials such as bone, wood and shells. As history advanced, these materials were slowly replaced by synthetic ...

Researchers have succeeded in creating a new class of hybrid glass materials that combine organic and inorganic components. To do this, the scientists use special material combinations in which ...