New method could improve how doctors implant medical devices in soft tissue, using the body’s natural adhesive properties to hold implanted materials in place 🩺🧬✨ [Advanced Materials]
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Princeton Engineering
Princeton Engineering - Cells' embrace advances medical implants
Medical implants could be better secured to soft tissue using a tiny 3D-printed structure invented by biological engineers at Princeton.
Inspired by a long-living deep-sea sponge, a new 3-D printing technique combines thin layers of polymer and mortar to create a composite construction material that is 187 times more fracture resistant than similar concrete [Advanced Materials]
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Princeton Engineering
Princeton Engineering - A key to 3D-printing tougher concrete lies deep in the ocean
New 3D-printing technique combines thin layers of polymer and mortar to create a composite construction material that is 187-times tougher than conventional concrete.