Latest Articles
-
Feb- 2022 -4 FebruaryMaterials Science
MIT Engineers Develop Biocompatible Surgical “Duct Tape” as an Alternative to Sutures
Lead Image: A new MIT-designed surgical sticky tape can be applied quickly and easily, like duct tape to a pipe, to repair leaks and tears in the gastrointestinal tract and other tissues and organs. Credit: Courtesy of the researchers The sticky patch could be quickly applied to repair gut leaks and tears. A staple on any engineer’s workbench, duct tape is a quick and dependable fix for cracks and tears in many structural materials. MIT engineers have now developed a kind of surgical duct tape — a strong, flexible, and biocompatible sticky patch that can be easily and quickly applied…
Read More » -
3 FebruaryMaterials Science
MIT Engineers Create the “Impossible” – New Material That Is Stronger Than Steel and As Light as Plastic
Stock video to illustrate the concept of a super strong cell phone. The new substance is the result of a feat thought to be impossible: polymerizing a material in two dimensions. Using a novel polymerization process, MIT chemical engineers have created a new material that is stronger than steel and as light as plastic, and can be easily manufactured in large quantities. The new material is a two-dimensional polymer that self-assembles into sheets, unlike all other polymers, which form one-dimensional, spaghetti-like chains. Until now, scientists had believed it was impossible to induce polymers to form 2D sheets. Such a material…
Read More » -
3 FebruaryMarketing
Leveraging technology to increase brand awareness
With the rise of technology, marketing has become more and more complex. Several techniques can be used to market a brand, but it is important to understand what needs to be done for them to work. There are many things that you can do to increase awareness for your brand such as creating unique content and producing infographics! Create unique content Unique content is important for brands because it allows them to stand out from the competition. If all the brands are using the same promotional techniques, then consumers will be more likely to become overwhelmed and ignore them all.…
Read More » -
2 FebruaryQuantum Physics
“Quantum Friction” Explains Fluid Dynamics Mystery That Has Baffled Scientists for 15 Years
Lead Image: Water molecules flow near the honeycomb-patterned walls of a carbon nanotube. Interactions between the molecules and electrons in the walls can cause ‘quantum friction,’ researchers propose in a new study. Credit: Maggie Chiang/Simons Foundation “Quantum friction” slows water flow through carbon nanotubes, resolving long-standing fluid dynamics mystery. For 15 years, scientists have been baffled by the mysterious way water flows through the tiny passages of carbon nanotubes — pipes with walls that can be just one atom thick. The streams have confounded all theories of fluid dynamics; paradoxically, fluid passes more easily through narrower nanotubes, and in all…
Read More » -
1 FebruaryBiodiversity
Huge New Study Estimates There Are 9,200 Tree Species on Earth Yet To Be Discovered
The number of tree species and individuals per continent in the Global Forest Biodiversity Initiative database, one of two databases used in the new study. GFBI data were merged with TREECHANGE data to provide the estimates in the new study. Green areas represent the global tree cover. The GFBI database contains records of about 38 million trees from 28,192 species. Depicted here are some of the most frequent species recorded in each continent. Credit: From Cazzolla Gatti et al. in PNAS, 2022 Number of Earth’s tree species estimated to be 14% higher than currently known, with some 9,200 species yet…
Read More »
