A total of 291 metropolitan areas across the country now qualify as improving housing markets, according to the National Association of Home Builders/First American Improving Markets Index (IMI) for September.
A new coating could help medical implants function better.
Tiny implants to monitor bodily functions or to provide insulin or other drugs based on immediate need would be an advancement in personalized medicine. But a problem inherent in implants is the tendency of the human immune system to recognize the device as an invader and encapsulate it, preventing the device from doing its job.
Atlas Material Testing Technology recently announced that its Ci series Weather-Ometers meet the recently published test method ASTM D 7869-13 standard.
Eastman Co. UK Ltd. recently announced it has opened a dedicated large-scale application facility at its European Technical Centre in Liverpool, England.