Materials supplier Covestro AG is acquiring Pontacol AG, a maker of multilayer adhesive films, for an undisclosed price. In a news release, officials with Covestro in Leverkusen, Germany, said the ...

Object Details Description Theodor Kolobow was born in Estonia in 1931 and spent the war years in a displaced person camp in Germany. After the war he received a scholarship to Heidelberg College in ...

Instead, silastic radial head spacers were implanted (Figs. 3,4). JW returned to work after 4 weeks, and at her 17-month follow-up had no pain, had full strength, and full elbow and forearm motion ...

The last material is silicone; it is the most expensive material of the group, but is the softest and least likely to cause trauma. [2] The silicone tubes require thicker walls in order to ...

A research team from Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH) has introduced a dry adhesive technology that enables easy attachment and detachment of a wide range of materials—from ...

The adhesive films marketed by Pontacol worldwide are used in applications such as automotive, textiles, composites, electronics and ballistic protection. Pontacol employs a total of 100 people.

Soft grippers can be used to grasp objects with various geometric surface structures or stiffness but typically encounter difficulty in providing high grasping force. Although the combination of soft ...

Gilead and Kymera stated that the CDK2 programme has broad oncology treatment potential, specifically highlighting breast cancer and other solid tumours. However, the company is not alone in the CDK2 ...

The incident came to light after Vishnu’s mother was unable to reach the couple by phone. Following enquiries by neighbours, both were found dead inside the house, with their hands tied using what ...

Hydrogels with different functionalities such as printability, antifreezing properties, adhesion, biocompatibility, and toughness are being continually developed. However, it has been extremely ...

The pre-balloons era We can say that, as of today (2009), our discipline of endovascular neurosurgery–interventional neuroradiology is 45 years old! In fact, Luessenhop and Velasquez performed the ...

Methods A test rig has been designed and built to enable the deployment of 36 stents at a predetermined angle into silastic mock arteries. The stents were deployed at an initial artery angle of 90°, ...