It takes like two years for Corning to develop each new generation of Gorilla Glass, the rugged material that graces a critical mass of iPhone and Android devices. That process has focused on several upgrade cycles on protecting screens from falling, preventing breakage and cracking by increasing what is known …
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If we’re going to take long-term space travel seriously, it will be essential to be able to repair injuries, and that is no longer a distant concept. A cosmonaut aboard the International Space Station has just designed human cartilage in microgravity from space for the first time. Bioprinters that can …
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IMAGE: The researchers discovered a new physical phenomenon of ‘ballistic resonance’. see plus Credit: Peter the Great St.Petersburg Polytechnic University Researchers at Peter the Great St. Petersburg Polytechnic University (SPbPU) theoretically discovered and explained a new physical effect: the amplitude of mechanical vibrations can grow without external influence. Furthermore, the …
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Not surprisingly, scientists have struggled to find an artificial substitute for natural knee cartilage – it’s a surprising biological substance that combines the properties of a soft cushion and a tough barrier to prevent our busy leg joints from being damaged. But it looks like we’ve made a long-awaited breakthrough: …
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