Tag: Polymer
Covestro Partners With Accensors To Develop Reusable Smart Patches in Mini Format
Wearable smart patches offer a wide range of possibilities in medical diagnosis and are becoming increasingly popular. These are already widely used for medical diagnosis, for example, to measure a […]
Scientists Develop Wearable Vibration Sensor That Precisely Recognizes Your Voice
Voice-recognition is a common feature in smartphones available in the market today. Often times, this feature doesn’t work properly due to surrounding noise and other obstacles. This is because a […]
Evonik Unveils New Material Technology for Printable Batteries
Evonik, the largest specialty chemicals company in the world, unveiled TAeTTOOz®, a new material technology for printable batteries, at the LOPEC trade show held in Munich, Germany. TAeTTOOz has been […]
New Device Lures Brain Tumor Cells to Death, FDA Designates it “Breakthrough Device”
Location of brain tumors are hard to access and the blood-brain barrier prevents most drugs from reaching their targets, this makes treating brain tumors notoriously difficult. Now, a new device […]
PolyOne Acquires Fiber Material Manufacturer Fiber-Line for $120 Million
PolyOne Corp., a specialty polymer company, has acquired Fiber-Line, a global leader in customized engineered fibers and composite materials for $120 million, according to a press release. PolyOne was exhibiting […]
Wearable Medication: Smart Textiles to Release Therapeutic Drugs as Needed
Researchers at the Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology (Empa) are currently working on integrating therapeutic drugs into polymer fibers that can release them into the skin as […]