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Medical Device Manufacturing: Minimally Invasive Catheters
Catheters, a widely used medical device, are thin tubes usually made of soft plastic material that is inserted into the body. The human body presents challenges when medical devices must conform to morphological structures, varying thermal conditions and different strength and flexibility criteria. In order…
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Decarboxylation for Large Scale CBD Production
Decarboxylation or decarb is an important and essential step in the production of medical cannabis, recreational cannabis, and CBD oil products used to treat anxiety, cancer, chronic pain, epilepsy, insomnia, inflammation, multiple sclerosis, and more. Hemp (Cannabis Sativa) and marijuana (Cannabis Indica), are two varieties…
The Critical Role of Temperature Uniformity in Industrial Ovens
When it comes to selecting or maintaining an industrial oven, its ability to sustain a stable temperature is key. For industrial ovens, temperature uniformity is defined as the consistency of heating throughout the oven’s chamber. While some oven-dried products can survive temperature fluctuations, to ensure…
How Well Can Computers Diagnose Diseases?
Using artificial intelligence to diagnose disease is the dream of the Boston startup, Abstrakt. It is currently working on a system for detecting diseases in fluid samples, a breakthrough that could be the first step towards the development of a mobile or wearable machine-learning system.…
Genetically Engineered Silkworms Produce Human “E-Selectin”
Silkworms have been helping humans produce high-quality fabrics for at least 5 000 years now, while in many places in the world their pupae are considered a delicacy. Thanks to a group of scientists at Kyushu University in Japan, genetically engineered silkworms will also be…
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