The increasing demand for repair of cracking bridges, building, and roads and also the escalating need for sustainable infrastructure are the challenges the construction industry are facing. The biggest demand in the construction industry is concrete but it is found to have a large carbon footprint, high energy expenditure, and high wastage. Recently, researchers have found a sustainable way to produce ceramic using local soil and a 3D printer to form a load-bearing structure. The impact on th
Researchers have found computer-designed tiny proteins to provide protection against the SARS-CoV-2 that is the basic reason behind the current widely spreading COVID-19 pandemic. The new finding published in Science showed the antiviral LCB1 to combat the best-known SARS-CoV-2 neutralizing antibodies during its protective actions. This antiviral candidate is currently being scrutinized for helping find an effective remedy against the coronavirus. The spike proteins on the membrane of the coro
Hair straightening is a quite cumbersome task as it is very time-consuming and also difficult to get the curls straightened. However, there are times when even a little bit of water can ruin the straightening. The moment water touches the hair it tends to straighten as hair tends to have a shape memory. The material properties is the major reason behind the change in shape in response to specific stimuli and thereby, pushing hair back to its original shape. The researchers are currently lookin
Researchers have recently developed a low phonon energy gain materials featured mid-infrared laser systems. These mid-infrared lasers have found to be widely applicable in imaging, diagnostics, detection, environmental monitoring, industry, medicine, defense, and others. The latest Er3+-doped CaF2 transparent ceramics are anticipated to be potential aspirant materials owing to their ultra-low phonon energy and other efficient physical, chemical, and optical characteristics. However, the major
Leather is a costly and trending material that has been doing the rounds in the fashion industry since decades. Usually, leather and its alternatives are obtained either from synthetic polymers or animals. This product is considered to be a co-product of meat production as both livestock farming and leather production are both non-environmental-friendly and ethically questionable. At present, the leather is being produced synthetically from plastics including polyvinyl chloride (PVC), polyuret
Type 2 diabetes is found to accompany obesity, which is currently found to affect millions across the globe. There are many other chronic illnesses that follow people who are struggling to maintain their weight. Obese people are finding it difficult to even survive the current COVID-19 pandemic. A team from Joslin Diabetes Center has recently developed a new cell-based therapy to fight this dangerous condition. The researchers have found transplanting human brown-like (HUMBLE) fat cells with g
Family planning is the new trend followed by couples in order to settle down before welcoming a new member in their family. However, this new trend is a huge task for women as they usually are the ones who have to take all the necessary precautions to avoid getting pregnant. Currently, the researchers are focusing on making this task as simple as wearing earrings. There is a new technique for taking contraceptive hormones using backings on jewelry such as earrings, necklaces, wristwatches. The
Researchers have lately developed a bedside, portable, low-field magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) device that can be used in the complex clinical care settings to examine critically-ill patients for traumatic brain injury (TBI), suspected stroke, or other neurological problems. As per the Low Field MRI and Hyperpolarized Media Lab director Matthew S. Rosen and his colleagues from Yale University have found the bedside MRI system to evaluate accurate neuroimaging findings whether normal or abno
A team from the University of Minnesota along with the support of Medtronic has created a breakthrough method for multi-material 3D printing of realistic models of the aortic valve and the adjacent structures that resemble the exact appearance and feel of a real heart. Furthermore, the 3D-printed soft sensor assortments which are made using particular inks and a personalized 3D printing process are integrated into the patient-specific organ models. Thus, it is believed that these models will d
A research team from the Great Ormond Street Hospital (GOSH), Francis Crick Institute, and UCL Great Ormond Street Institute of Child Health (ICH) have cultivated human intestinal grafts with help of stem cells obtained from patient tissue. This new approach is believed to develop customized transplant treatment for children having intestinal failure issues. In children with intestinal failure, the major problem is the lack of absorption of nutrients and this is found to have an impact on the
