
Materials World
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Materials science, engineering, #mining and #packaging news from the @iom3 members' magazine. RTs & tweets of external sources are not necessarily endorsements.
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Discarded #rubber #tyres have been turned into precursors for #epoxy resins by researchers UNC-Chapel Hill . 'They used different kinds of rubber, including post-consumer crushed rubber based on #polyisoprene...at 35-50°C in aqueous media'. Read more at iom3.info/4dZiJq7


'Using dynamic, electroactive, #cardiac scaffolds, we replicate the aligned microstructure of the #heart fibres....' A University of Oxford team explore electroactive #polymers that tune into the body’s electromechanical dialogue. Read more at iom3.info/3SJ70SI


'Around the world there are more than 25,800 #bioelectronics patents filed, with 65% filed within the US and just 0.03% within the UK.' Dr Roisin Owens Cambridge University explores the #future role of #materials for bioelectronic #devices. Read more at iom3.info/4kdGg8U

'The vision of the newly established 4D Health Tech Network in the UK is to transform the way we engineer #medical devices to incorporate time-dependent functions.' Read the whole article from Dr Sophie Cox Uni of Birmingham at iom3.info/43Ql3MA

#MaterialsWorld In their recent article, Dr Peter Ibrahim and Prof Moataz Attallah معتز عطا الله at the Uni of Birmingham explore a new way to fabricate novel #titanium-alloy #stents combining additive manufacturing and #laser #micromachining. Read more at iom3.info/3T2zBlW

'How could we harness biological tools, such as cells and macromolecules, to help replicate our body’s ability to regenerate?' Uni of Nottingham #WeAreUoN researchers explain how a patient’s #blood is used for tissue #regeneration Read more at iom3.info/43Ql3MA

'Consumption of #minerals and #rocks in diet is common practice. After all, many humans consume rock salt or halite as part of their nutritional requirements.' Rob Bowell FIMMM at SRK Consulting digs into #geological that shape health. Read more at iom3.info/43FQt6X


The #MaterialsWorld June digital edition on #Energy_Transoition is now live, exclusive to The Institute of Materials, Minerals & Mining members – who can read it at iom3.info/3QcJuvW




Solar's rightful place in the #sun: A new #roadmap for #photovoltaics. Professor Moritz Riede and Professor Robert L.Z. Hoye FIMMM University of Oxford discuss the bright options for solar. See full article here: iom3.info/4ldny1w




