The transfer of organisms between patients and surfaces may not be considered until after a product has already been designed and manufacturers are writing their instructions for use. The selection of ...

"This understanding allows us to design surfaces that can either repel or attract liquids, which is important for ...

Materials scientists have uncovered a new way to predict material degradation and failure by studying muscovite mica and ...

Topology and chemistry will affect frost deposition, and researchers in Kyoo-Chul Kenneth Park’s lab at Northwestern ...

The hybrid surface becomes a stable, long-lasting, frost-free zone.” Sure enough, the new surface resisted 100% of frost formation for over 150 hours, which is almost a week.

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Nuclear fusion could be an ideal solution to mankind's energy problem, guaranteeing a virtually limitless source of power ...

This is what researchers from the Korea Institute of Machinery and Materials (KIMM) envision for their 'morphing' wheel, ...

When a patient's blood flows through catheters, stents or other medical devices, there's always a risk that harmful clots may ...

After seeing a project where a sheet of plywood was rendered pliable by cutting a pattern out of it – essentially turning the material into a giant kerf bend – they got interested in whether ...

Can theory and computation methods help the search for the best divertor material and thus contribute to making fusion energy ...

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