Nanocomposites are typically polymer-based materials in which the microstructure and mechanical behavior are tailored via the incorporation of additives or nanometer-sized particles. They have significantly enhanced mechanical performance, as well as other properties such as electrical conductivity, thermal conductivity, and resistance to permeability and abrasion.
Contract Manufacturing
Mechanical testing of nanocomposites and tiny devices
How to minimize interruptions at work
To ponder
Frequently we allow interruptions into our lives and workspace. If what we truly value is good communication between individuals we will demonstrate our values by putting practices and words in place to back them up. Last week we spoke about learning to recognize the communication style of others — and then flexing your own style to meet their needs and create a more successful dialogue.
Validate device for hip fracture healing with ADMET
UMass Biomechanical Research Relies on ADMET
“Doing well by doing good” in medical device sales
One of the biggest draws of medical device sales is feeling that you are contributing to the health and well-being of others through the products you represent. This is an important motivation for most people I interview who want to break into the industry, as well as one of the main reasons that people who are already part of the industry find it so rewarding.
Many trauma reps in particular derive a incredible satisfaction from providing the right products to assist a surgeon in putting someone back together after an accident. They love the immediacy and high stakes of getting everything right in order to achieve the best outcome for patients.
U.K. tech consulting firm expands in Mass.
Sagentia opened up a location in Cambridge, Mass. looking to drum up some local talent.
The Cambridge, U.K.-based firm attributes its latest growth to the North American market and wants to capitalize on the new location’s proximity to "a wealth of world-renowned" research institutions.
Factors that affect mechanical property measurement
• Hysteresis is the maximum difference in sensor output between measurements made from 0 to 100% full scale output (FSO) and from 100 to 0% FSO. Although hysteresis is easily measured, its mechanism is not fully understood.
Three rules for using DiSC assessments at work
By Eileen Sarson
The story
The day after I facilitated a workshop on communication styles and the use of DiSC theory to sort it all out, a woman from the class came up to me and said, “I have a story to tell you.”
AdvanSource Biomaterials demotes itself, posts Q2 sales and earnings reversals
AdvanSource Biomaterials Corp. (NYSE:ASB) is moving its stock out of the New York Stock Exchange effective Nov. 16, rather than be de-listed by the exchange after falling afoul of its equity and profitability requirements.
The Wilmington, Mass.-based advanced polymer maker also posted dismal results for its fiscal 2011 second quarter, notching sales and earnings reversals compared with the same period last year.
Ricerca Biosciences branches out
Faced with a recent slowdown in much of the contract research organization industry, Ricerca Biosciences LLC has tweaked its focus to solidify its future.
The Concord Township, Ohio-based company has shaken up its client base to include more pharmaceutical firms and is growing its Asian operations to take advantage of the increasingly lucrative market.
ASTM F1798 Spinal Interconnection parts Testing System
ASTM F1798 describes the procedure for testing subassemblies and interconnection mechanisms to determine the fatigue strength and resistance to loosening during arthrodesis.(fusion)
Hooks, screws, and bands connect to rods and plates. These connected parts form Spinal Implant Subassemblies. In this specification the parts are tested in a saline or simulated body fluid in vitro to predict the behavior of the parts in vivo performance.