Top Engineering Feeds: Courtesy of SciCentral.com
| New method for creating tissue engineering scaffolds | |
| Researchers have developed a new method for creating scaffolds for tissue engineering applications, providing an alternative that is more flexible and less time-intensive than current technology. | |
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| New method makes culture of complex tissue possible in any lab | |
| Scientists have developed a new method for making scaffolds for culturing tissue in three-dimensional arrangements that mimic those in the body. This advance allows the production of tissue culture scaffolds containing multiple structurally and chemically distinct layers using common laboratory reagents and materials. | |
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| Seismic resistance: Model analyzes shape-memory alloys for use in earthquake-resistant structures | |
| Recent earthquake damage has exposed the vulnerability of existing structures to strong ground movement. Researchers are now analyzing shape-memory alloys for their potential use in constructing seismic-resistant structures. | |
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| NASA sees wide-eyed cyclone Jasmine | |
| (NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center) Cyclone Jasmine's eye has opened wider on NASA satellite imagery, as it moves through the Southern Pacific Ocean. | |
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| NASA sees Giovanna reach cyclone strength, threaten Madagascar | |
| (NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center) Tropical Storm 12S built up steam and became a cyclone on Feb. 10, 2012 as NASA's Terra satellite passed overhead. Residents of east-central Madagascar should prepare for this cyclone to make landfall by Feb. 13 according to forecasters. | |
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| SFU cell biologist Lynne Quarmby will address top-flight American high school science students at AAAS conference in Vancouver | |
| (Simon Fraser University) Lynne Quarmby, a Simon Fraser University cell biologist with a passion for promoting science, will deliver a talk to 30-top flight American high school science students and their teachers about the importance of basic science. Quarmby will be the keynote speaker at the Feb. 16 AJAS meeting at SFU Burnaby. It strategically brings together the crème de la crème of young American science students during the AAAS meeting in Vancouver. | |
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