Coating the inside of glass microtubes with a polymer hydrogel material dramatically alters the way capillary forces draw water into the tiny structures, researchers have found. The discovery could ...

Although engineers and electrical designers recognize the performance advantages of using PVC-coated conduit in corrosive environments, making sure field installers understand and adhere to accepted ...

Any material used in a medical device should have a strong structure and suitable mechanical properties but be biologically inert, or preferably evoke a healing response within the body. To achieve ...

You don’t often see catheters and condoms mentioned in the same sentence, but they do share a couple of traits: Both products are regulated by FDA and lubricity is a desirable property. Engineers at ...

With the exception of reducing some of its flexibility, whitewash-protected fusion-bond epoxy (FBE) coatings exposed to ultraviolet (UV) light in Canada for as long as 10 years retained many of their ...