#Now You Can 3d-Print Objects Made Of Wood Fibers From prosthetic hands to an entire bridge,
To work around this, the researchers mixed tiny fibers of cellulose in a liquid gel made of water.
and nose development meant to improve quality control in the food industry. One potential application of electronic tongues is to help the industry produce their signature drinks more efficiently,
co-author of the study published last month in the Journal of Food engineering.""At least for now, they are far from being replaced."
antioxidants produced by the grains and ingredients that ferment into beer, such as barley and hops.
With food supply management and security looking to be an increasing concern this century due to all sorts of environmental and economic factors,
In this study the researchers demonstrated the BSIT phenomenon using nothing more complicated than a glass micro-fiber and a glass sphere adjacent to it.
"It was very important that the fibers formed smaller pores than the tip size.""While the widths of pores in other membranes are a few hundred nanometers,
The researchers made the membrane by layering the fibers on top of each other in thin sheets. This method keeps the chainlike molecules in the plastic stretched out,
Their mechanical properties actually reach close to those of fiber composites, which are far more laborious to prepare,
but also for gas storage applications and food packaging. In addition, it may be used as an advanced substrate and for encapsulation of oxygen-sensitive organic electronics in flexible displays a
In the field of cosmetics for instance she said there are antioxidants and antiaging substances through the use of nanotechnology those substances can easily absorb through the skin.
and may also help the food industry screen against contamination with harmful pathogens, according to researchers. A new way of rapidly identifying bacteria,
and may also help the food industry screen against contamination with harmful pathogens, according to researchers at the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) in Daejeon, South korea.
"This means the present method can be utilized as a prescreening test for point-of-care bacterial diagnosis for various applications including medicine and food hygiene.""
the new method may be useful in the food industry or for homeland security applications. In principle, the approach could be scaled up to screen for contaminated food or suspicious packages s
There, what look like ridges to the naked eye are actually a dense array of tiny fibers with flared tips,
But with many angled, flared-tip fibers lying flush with this rough terrain, Van der waals forces are strong enough for the gecko to stick to a wall.
"The reason the gecko's fibers stick so well is because the mushroom-shaped tip forces the high stressed region from edge to the center,
The module is equipped also with a single-mode fiber output with standard FC/APC connector.
The Food safety and Technology Research Centre under the Department of Applied Biology and Chemical Technology of The Hong kong Polytechnic University (Polyu) has developed a new method for rapid authentication of edible oils and screening
Authentication of edible oils has been a long-term issue in food safety, and becomes particularly important with the emergence and widespread use of gutter oils in recent years.
flexible biodegradable substrate made from inexpensive wood, called cellulose nanofibrillated fiber (CNF). This work opens the door for green, low-cost, portable electronic devices in future.
Array"We found that cellulose nanofibrillated fiber based transistors exhibit superior performance as that of conventional silicon-based transistors,
but cellulose nanofibrillated fiber films have the potential to replace silicon wafers as electronic substrates in environmental friendly, low-cost, portable gadgets or devices of the future.
Cellulose nanofibrillated fiber is a sustainable, strong, transparent nanomaterial made from wood. Compared to other polymers like plastics,
The testing showed that the synthetic silicon spicules displayed stronger interactions with collagen fibers--a skin-like stand-in for biological tissue--than did currently available silicon structures.
and the other silicon structures into the collagen fibers, then pulled them out. An Atomic Force Microscope measured the force required to accomplish each action."
#Potential of blue LEDS as novel chemical-free food preservation technology A team of scientists from the National University of Singapore (NUS) has found that blue light emitting diodes (LEDS) have strong antibacterial
when in cold temperatures (between 4°C and 15°C) and mildly acidic conditions of around ph 4. 5. This opens up novel possibilities of using blue LEDS as a chemical-free food preservation method.
Acidic foods such as fresh-cut fruits and ready-to-eat meat can be preserved under blue LEDS in combination with chilling temperatures without requiring further chemical treatments that are needed commonly for food preservation.
These conditions would not be viable for application on food preservation. The NUS team, led by Assistant professor Yuk Hyun-Gyun,
or minimally-processed foods without relying on chemicals such as acidulants and artificial preservatives to preserve food products."
"The composition of thermoplastic and fiberglass resins and fibers used in the panels are stronger per-unit density than the steel used in many current shelters
and fibers are used in the latest armored military vehicles. The team working on the safe room developed a steel frame that holds the panels,
and the dearth of a global response to the climate impacts of food production. REDD is a major focus of U n. climate negotiations
a hugely important water resource that sustains 40 million people in those states, supports 15 percent of the nation's food supply,
so water shortages there affect food supply everywhere. Calculations by the Pacific Institute indicate that, by eating food grown in California,
It uses carbon fiber heating, advanced insulation and convection fans to ensure maximum efficiency. June is currently available to pre-order for USD 1,
The Blade chassis is made of off-the-shelf carbon fiber tubes that are connected by 3d printed aluminum nodes.
and Australian chemists have figured out how to unboil egg whites an innovation that could dramatically reduce costs for cancer treatments, food production and other segments of the $160 billion global biotechnology industry,
If you combined bio-based textile and carbon fibers you can obtain extremely light yet very sturdy components. ightweightis an important buzzword in automotive engineering and just as important in the aerospace sector too.
Carmakers are increasingly counting on fiber reinforced synthetics. These fibers which are embedded into the synthetic matrix give the material its additional durability.
Exactly which material you choose to use depends on its eventual application. Thus primarily carbon fiber is used in Formula 1 racing.
However one drawback is its high price; even its processing can be tough. These are the reasons why carbon fiber-reinforced plastics (CFRPS) have still not yet found their path into wide-scale serial production so far to date.
Glass fibers on the other hand are priced certainly reasonably but heavy by comparison. But this may soon change thanks to some new research approaches by researchers at the Application Center for Wood Fiber Research HOFZET of the Fraunhofer Institute for Wood Research the Wilhelm-Klauditz-Institut WKI
in Braunschweig. Combining advantages eliminating disadvantagesthe scientists are relying on natural fibers of botanical origin. Variants derived from hemp flax cotton
Nevertheless their durability and stability don't reach that of carbon fibers. epending on the application we are therefore combining carbon with various bio-based textile fibersexplains Prof.
Hans-Josef Endres head of the Application Center for Wood Fiber Research. The fibers typically exist as fabrics that are placed on each other accordingly
and are embedded by the plastic matrix. e use carbon fibers in those areas where the part undergoes intense mechanical stress;
in other areas it natural fibers. This way we can leverage the strengths of the respective fibers
and get rid of the disadvantages to a great extent. he outcome: the parts are cost-effective have a very high degree of durability possess excellent acoustic properties
and can be processed as well as possible into fabrics this is also referred to as izing the surface of the fiber
Specialized surface treatments or coatings are intended to ensure that the fibers can be combined and interact in the best possible way with the matrix or the plastic mass.
y ensuring that the fibers bond to the matrix optimally we can increase the durability of the materials by up to 50 percentendres explains in concrete terms.
and carbon fibers when it comes to use textile fibers for reinforcement the researchers are treading on virgin territory.
Because when it comes to recycling fiber composite materials are a proverbial ough nut to crack.
For instance how can expensive carbon fibers be extracted from the matrix and recovered? With the hybrid materials theye engineered the scientists are already considering in advance how these can be reprocessed
The researchers will also present fiber form-pressed components for the automotive industry there. Fibers inside these parts are embedded into a thermoplastic matrix#plastic that is
which can be shaped at ultra-high temperatures or into a duroplastic synthetic matrix that once it has hardened fully can no longer be formed i
New infectious diseases in animal food production systems can create enormous impacts that can affect domestic consumption and exports
including clinical medicine, food safety testing, environmental monitoring and biodefense o
#Nature Inspires First Artificial Molecular Pump Using nature for inspiration, a team of Northwestern University scientists is the first to develop an entirely artificial molecular pump, in
By means of two new therapeutic strategies, using an HTRA3 inhibitor or a broad-spectrum antioxidant to capture free radicals,
since 2009. f you take a big tree and cut it down to the individual fiber,
The dimension of the fiber is in the micron stage, Cai says. ut what if we could break it down further to the nano scale?
since 1969 and is found in a huge range of food products, from canned foods to ice cream, pharmaceuticals and beauty products.
In their broader uses, microbial polymers are used for food production, chemical production, detergents, cosmetics, paints, pesticides, fertilizers, film formers, lubricants, explosives, pharmaceutical production and waste treatment.
like tiny fibers making up a piece of shag carpet hundreds of times smaller than a human cell.
The new findings effectively eliminate the need for electronic regenerators placed periodically along the fiber link.
and therefore, reversible at the receiving end of the fiber. rosstalk between communication channels within a fiber optic cable obeys fixed physical laws.
Using LEDS to Move Data Faster It like using fiber optics to communicate only without the fiber.
#Researchers show that telomeres are linked to the origins of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis Samples from mouse lungs show collagen fibers that generate pulmonary fibrosis.
#Nanotech transforms cotton fibers into modern marvel Marcia Silva da Pinto, postdoctoral researcher, works on growing metal organic frameworks onto cotton samples to create a filtration system capable of capturing toxic gas,
said Hinestroza, associate professor of fiber science, who directs the Textiles Nanotechnology Laboratory at Cornell. n a nanoscale world
and that is our world we can control cellulose-based materials one atom at a time. he Hinestroza group has turned cotton fibers into electronic components such as transistors and thermistors,
and other components using cotton fibers brings a new perspective to the seamless integration of electronics
as well as semiconductive and conductive polymers to tailor the behavior of natural cotton fibers. he layers were so thin that the flexibility of the cotton fibers is preserved always,
but those fibers became rigid or heavy, unlike our yarns, which are friendly to further processing, such as weaving, sewing and knitting,
Synthesizing nanoparticles and attaching them to cotton not only creates color on fiber surfaces without the use of dyes,
and incorporate these MOFS into fibers, which allows us to make very efficient filtration systems,
The testing showed that the synthetic silicon spicules displayed stronger interactions with collagen fibers skin-like stand-in for biological tissuehan did currently available silicon structures.
and the other silicon structures into the collagen fibers, then pulled them out. An Atomic Force Microscope measured the force required to accomplish each action. ne of the major hurdles in the area of bioelectronics
These can be food additives, including sugars, which allow the bacteria to be controlled by the food that is eaten by the host,
and a solvent to dissolve the salt. he electrolytes used in batteries are just like Gatorade electrolytes,
So if you take Gatorade, the solvent would be water and the salt would be something like sodium chloride, for instance.
through a net system housed within two carbon fiber composite tubes. art of the beauty of its design is that planktonic organisms are filtered gently so they remain intact for scientific analysis,
#Scientists Stretch Electrically Conducting Fibers to New Lengths An international research team based at The University of Texas at Dallas has made electrically conducting fibers that can be stretched reversibly to over 14 times their initial length and
The research team is using the new fibers to make artificial muscles, as well as capacitors whose energy storage capacity increases about tenfold when the fibers are stretched.
Fibers and cables derived from the invention might one day be used as interconnects for super-elastic electronic circuits;
robots and exoskeletons having great reach; morphing aircraft; giant-range strain sensors; failure-free pacemaker leads;
the scientists describe how they constructed the fibers by wrapping lighter-than-air, electrically conductive sheets of tiny carbon nanotubes to form a jellyroll-like sheath around a long rubber core.
The new fibers differ from conventional materials in several ways. For example, when conventional fibers are stretched,
the resulting increase in length and decrease in cross-sectional area restricts the flow of electrons through the material.
But even a iantstretch of the new conducting sheath-core fibers causes little change in their electrical resistance
senior author of the paper and director of the Alan G. Macdiarmid Nanotech Institute at UT Dallas. One key to the performance of the new conducting elastic fibers is the introduction of buckling into the carbon nanotube
which allows for repeated stretching of the fiber. hink of the buckling that occurs when an accordion is compressed,
the Robert A. Welch Distinguished Chair in Chemistry at UT Dallas. e make the inelastic carbon nanotube sheaths of our sheath-core fibers super stretchable by modulating large buckles with small buckles,
These amazing fibers maintain the same electrical resistance, even when stretched by giant amounts, because electrons can travel over such a hierarchically buckled sheath as easily as they can traverse a straight sheath.
said the structure of the sheath-core fibers as further interesting and important complexity. Buckles form not only along the fiber length
but also around its circumference. hrinking the fiber circumference during fiber stretch causes this second type of reversible hierarchical buckling around its circumference,
even as the buckling in the fiber direction temporarily disappears, Liu said. his novel combination of buckling in two dimensions avoids misalignment of nanotube
and rubber core directions, enabling the electrical resistance of the sheath-core fiber to be insensitive to stretch.
By adding a thin overcoat of rubber to the sheath-core fibers and then another carbon nanotube sheath,
the researchers made strain sensors and artificial muscles in which the buckled nanotube sheaths serve as electrodes
resulting in a fiber capacitor. These fiber capacitors exhibited a capacitance change of 860 percent
when the fiber was stretched 950 percent. o presently available material-based strain sensor can operate over nearly as large a strain range,
Liu said. Adding twist to these double-sheath fibers resulted in fast, electrically powered torsional
or rotating artificial muscles that could be used to rotate mirrors in optical circuits or pump liquids in miniature devices used for chemical analysis,
or twice the width of a human hair to much larger sizes, depending on the size of the rubber core. ndividual small fibers also can be combined into large bundles
an author on the paper and chief research and intellectual properties strategist at Lintec of America Nanoscience & Technology Center. he rubber cores used for these sheath-core fibers are inexpensive and readily available,
she said. he only exotic component is the carbon nanotube aerogel sheet used for the fiber sheath.
compared to several terabits per second for the fastest fiber. But some things have changed since the late 1990s.
but their underlying fiber pathways, necessary for communication between different language centers in the brain,
said Heinz Schmid, a researcher with IBM Research Gmbh at Zurich Research Laboratory in Switzerland and the lead author of the paper. e need better performing transistors as we continue down-scaling,
040km fiber link using an advanced"Flexgrid"infrastructure with Huawei's Optical Switch Node OSN 9800 platform.
The companies claim their approach increases the capacity on a fiber cable by compressing the gaps between transmission channels."
"The technique increases the density of the transmission channels on fiber, making it around 150 per cent more efficient than today typical 100gbps core network links,
#Fiber Networks Ready for a Revamp, Engineers Unveil Method to Dispel Noise Effects The fiber optic data transmission will soon be enhanced significantly as electrical engineers at the UC San diego Qualcomm Institute have divulged a method to increase the capacity limit of high-bandwidth fiber optic cables.
The researchers from the Qualcomm Institute claim that they were able to increase the signal power in a fiber cable by 20 fold
Nikola Alic, researcher at the Qualcomm Institute explained that the current optic fiber cables have limited a capacity to withstand power for signals.
but will also significantly reduce the cost of fiber networks by doing away with the repeaters r
Teresa Heinz Professor of Green Chemistry Terence Collins. Professor Collins said:""Pharmaceuticals can be bioactive at low environmentally-relevant concentrations
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