The term ‘Bio/blood compatibility’ is generally used to indicate the properties of polymeric materials that do not cause adverse effects when in contact with components of living organisms, such as ...

The material is designed to provide both water and oil resistance, offering an alternative to conventional plastic packaging.

How do you create strong, yet quick-release connections between living and non-living tissues? This is a question that continues to puzzle bioengineers who aim to create materials that bond together ...

(Nanowerk News) Hydrogels are fascinating natural or synthetic polymer materials that exhibit very versatile chemistries and physical or biological properties. They are 3D networks of either ...

Scientists will be converging in Dublin later this month for an international medical device conference called BioInterface at University College Dublin (UCD) to explore topics such as biomaterials, ...

Light microscopy image of a histologically stained section of the stem root in which thin wavy sheets of the non-living stem root surrounding by cilia (red) can been seen embedded in the living tissue ...

BioInterface 2012, a major international medical device conference by the US-based Surfaces in Biomaterials Foundation, starts today at University College Dublin, Ireland and runs until Thursday 25 ...