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Author: Advanced Science News Source: Advanced Science News Published: August 20, 2017 Motion is a big part of our daily life: on average, we walk about 6,000 steps per day. We know that increased physical activity leads to better health and fitness, but sometimes extensive forces acting o...อ่านเพิ่มเติม»
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Dear customers: Thanks for your concern and care for such a long time. According to the production arrangement, our company has made a holiday plan for this coming holiday: Spring Festival: Feb.14th - Feb.24th; Resume normal work from Feb.25th If you have any urgent or special demand, please c...อ่านเพิ่มเติม»
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Author: Tufts University Source: Tufts University Published: May 6, 2016 Ultra-thin coating of biocompatible silk extends room-temperature shelf life of delicate berries, bananas MEDFORD/SOMERVILLE, Mass. (May 6, 2016) — Half of the world’s fruit and vegetable crops are lost during t...อ่านเพิ่มเติม»
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Building materials with precise patterning that covers dimensions from the nano- to the macroscale is a staple of natural materials. This multiscale control is at the heart of the surprising functions that we see in the natural world all around us. Structural color is one of Nature’s most dazzli...อ่านเพิ่มเติม»
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Silkworm ‘pulling’ silk from its body. Credit: University of Sheffield. Author: phys.org Source: phys.org Published: September 20, 2017 New insights into how animals spin silk could lead to new, greener ways of producing synthetic fibres, according to academics at the University of S...อ่านเพิ่มเติม»
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Tobi Richter and Professor Raechel Laing. Credit Sharron Bennett Researchers from New Zealand’s University of Otago have used advanced technology to find out why three common fibre types differ in how they take in and release body odor. Using Proton transfer reaction-mass spectrometry (PTR...อ่านเพิ่มเติม»
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Silk could soon be used to produce more sensitive and flexible body sensors like this one. Credit: Yingying Zhang Author: phys.org Source: phys.org Published: August 21, 2017 From smart socks to workout clothes that measure exertion, wearable body sensors are becoming t...อ่านเพิ่มเติม»
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Author: ChemistryViews.org Source: Advanced Healthcare Materials/Wiley-VCH Published: 02 April 2017 Wounds heal better when they are kept moist. Wound dressings can help with this, but also need to be gas-permeable, waterproof, and keep out bacteria. There has been research into biological materi...อ่านเพิ่มเติม»
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Author: Lisa-Marie Rauschendorfer Source: Advanced Healthcare Materials Published: 09 April 2016 Muscle fibers generally form by the fusion of parallel-aligned young muscle cells, so-called myoblasts, into multi-nucleated fibers. Myoblasts respond to electric stimuli and electricity can be used ...อ่านเพิ่มเติม»
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By Louisa Rebgetz Source: ABC News Updated 24 Dec 2016, 5:46pm PHOTO: Silkworm cocoons fibres could help restore the vision of millions of people. (ABC News: Louisa Rebgetz) MAP: Brisbane 4000 Silkworm cocoons could be the answer to preventing millions of people from going blind around the world...อ่านเพิ่มเติม»
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January 23, 2017 Source: phys.org Hydrodynamic focussing by means of perpendicular water streams makes protein nanofibrils lock together in a microfibre. Credit: DESY/Eberhard Reimann A Swedish-German team of researchers has cleared up a key process for the artificial production of silk. With th...อ่านเพิ่มเติม»
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By David Weber Source: ABC News Mon 29 May 2017,5:42 am PHOTO: Researchers are moving towards clinical trials of a device that incorporates silk in an ear implant.(Supplied: Ear Science Institute) It gives a new meaning to an “earworm”, a term usually ascribed to a song or tune that ...อ่านเพิ่มเติม»
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Author: Beau Jackson Source: 3D Printing Industry MAY 30, 2017 A paper from the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Delhi has demonstrated a 3D printable ink suitable for supporting the growth of cartilage. In a paradigm shift for the technology, the silk-based material differentiates between t...อ่านเพิ่มเติม»
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Author: ChemistryViews.org Source: Advanced Healthcare Materials Published: 02 April 2017 Wounds heal better when they are kept moist. Wound dressings can help with this, but also need to be gas-permeable, waterproof, and keep out bacteria. There has been research into biological materials with ...อ่านเพิ่มเติม»
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Biodegradable power source could run medical implants deep in the body By Prachi Patel, Chemical & Engineering News on April 13, 2017 A thin battery (top left) made of metal-coated silk electrodes and a silk-ionic liquid electrolyte completely dissolves in saline buffer solution after 45 day...อ่านเพิ่มเติม»
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Author: Patrick Collins Source: TuftsNow Published: June 2, 2017 Process enables creation of mechanical components with functionality, such as surgical pins that change color with strain A silk fibroin pin changes color from blue to red when the force applied reaches the material’s yield point. ...อ่านเพิ่มเติม»