(Nanowerk News) Invented approximately 50 years ago, surgical medical meshes have become key elements in the recovery procedures of damaged-tissue surgeries, the most common being hernia repair. When implanted within the tissue of the patient, the flexible ...
Radiation from many parts of the electromagnetic spectrum has been harnessed for extremely beneficial uses, in fields as diverse as medicine, imaging and photography, and astronomy. However, the ...
Researchers are finding nanotechnology particularly useful in medicine, where they are creating tiny devices that can enter the human body and perform tasks that previously were invasive or less effective than they could be. One of these is targeted drug ...
Novel mems technology firm Integra Devices has completed a $6 million series-A funding. The Californian company has taken packaging technology, rather than silicon lithography, as the base on which it builds micromachines – created from over 15 years ...
The research, published in the journal Nanoscale, demonstrates that graphene inks can be used in textiles able to store electrical charge and release it when required. The new textile electronic devices are based on low-cost, sustainable and scalable ...
