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A surface treatment is applied to the surface of a material in effort to enhance functions. Surface treatments are often applied to metal to prevent rust, wear and tear, or even for decoration. Surface treatments can be classified as removal or additive processes.
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MAR 14, 2016Cancer
In a ground-breaking “surprise” finding, UK doctors announced a pair of drugs dramatically shrunk some breas ...MAR 11, 2016Immunology
In 2016, the five-year survival rate for pancreatic cancer increased from seven to eight percent (American Cancer Societ ...Written By: Kara MarkerMAR 10, 2016Technology
European solar energy company Lightsource is reportedly funding and working on a next-generation floating solar farm tha ...Written By: Anthony BouchardMAR 09, 2016Health & Medicine
Dr Frances Henson is a Research Fellow in the Division of Trauma and Orthopaedic Surgery, Department of Surgery, Addensb ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanFEB 29, 2016Health & Medicine
Scientists have discovered that cancellous bone exhibits unique material properties designed to allow the bone to bounce ...Written By: Julianne ChiaetFEB 08, 2016Health & Medicine
The recent Ebola outbreak in West Africa has claimed more than 11,300 lives—a stark reminder of the lack of effect ...Written By: Futurity (futurity.org)FEB 06, 2016Immunology
Herpes simplex 1 virus, the microscopic pathogen notoriously remembered for its production of painful and unappealing co ...Written By: Kara MarkerJAN 27, 2016Immunology
Optogenetics is a technology used by neuroscientists to follow and record the course of individual neurons as they fire. ...Written By: Kara MarkerJAN 22, 2016Microbiology
A new species of photosynthetic bacteria was found in the Gobi Desert, and it may prove quite useful for making biofuel. ...Written By: Kerry EvansNOV 28, 2015Immunology
The American Cancer Society predicts that over 40,000 women will die from breast cancer this year, and that's just i ...Written By: Kara MarkerNOV 19, 2015Microbiology
The Ebola outbreak in West Africa has claimed nearly 12,000 lives since 2014, leaving researchers scrambling to develop ...Written By: Kerry EvansNOV 16, 2015Immunology
In the fight against cancer, immunotherapy is increasingly becoming a promising treatment option since it revolves aroun ...Written By: Kara MarkerNOV 13, 2015Videos
In the future, fertility treatments may include a "Sperm Olympics" event to select the ones that are not only the fastes ...NOV 02, 2015Immunology
B-cell leukemia occurs in 80-85 percent of children with acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL), a fast-growing cancer that ...Written By: Kara MarkerNOV 02, 2015Clinical & Molecular DX
In the battle against cancer, scientists may be one step closer to detonating the tumor base camp, literally. The resear ...OCT 30, 2015Microbiology
Staphylococcus aureus is notorious for forming biofilms on indwelling medical devices (things like urinary and vascular ...Written By: Kerry EvansOCT 14, 2015Microbiology
A study out of Washington University School of Medicine suggests that household pets may acquire methicillin-resistant S ...Written By: Kerry EvansOCT 02, 2015Cell & Molecular Biology
According to the Alzheimer’s Association, Alzheimer’s disease is described as a type of dementia that causes ...Written By: Sarah HertrichSEP 29, 2015Cancer
UC San Francisco scientists have developed a molecular “on switch” enabling tight control over the acti ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderSEP 22, 2015Neuroscience
It’s a common occurrence. Whether it happens on a boat ride, a rollercoaster or just a high balcony, motion sickne ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimSEP 16, 2015Microbiology
Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus (MRSA) is a dangerous bacterium that has become increasingly resistant to mu ...Written By: Kara MarkerSEP 13, 2015Cancer
A team at the University of Pennsylvania reported that a multiple myeloma patient whose cancer had stopped respondi ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderSEP 10, 2015Genetics & Genomics
An international team of scientists led by Sweden's Karolinska Institutet (http://ki.se/en/startpage?) has mapped fo ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderAUG 30, 2015Cancer
While mathematical models are powerful tools for demonstrating how cancer grows and spreads, they have an either/or prob ...Written By: Ilene Schneider
MAR 14, 2016
Cancer
In a ground-breaking “surprise” finding, UK doctors announced a pair of drugs dramatically shrunk some breas
...
MAR 11, 2016
Immunology
In 2016, the five-year survival rate for pancreatic cancer increased from seven to eight percent (American Cancer Societ
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
MAR 10, 2016
Technology
European solar energy company Lightsource is reportedly funding and working on a next-generation floating solar farm tha
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
MAR 09, 2016
Health & Medicine
Dr Frances Henson is a Research Fellow in the Division of Trauma and Orthopaedic Surgery, Department of Surgery, Addensb
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
FEB 29, 2016
Health & Medicine
Scientists have discovered that cancellous bone exhibits unique material properties designed to allow the bone to bounce
...
Written By:
Julianne Chiaet
FEB 08, 2016
Health & Medicine
The recent Ebola outbreak in West Africa has claimed more than 11,300 lives—a stark reminder of the lack of effect
...
Written By:
Futurity (futurity.org)
FEB 06, 2016
Immunology
Herpes simplex 1 virus, the microscopic pathogen notoriously remembered for its production of painful and unappealing co
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
JAN 27, 2016
Immunology
Optogenetics is a technology used by neuroscientists to follow and record the course of individual neurons as they fire.
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
JAN 22, 2016
Microbiology
A new species of photosynthetic bacteria was found in the Gobi Desert, and it may prove quite useful for making biofuel.
...
Written By:
Kerry Evans
NOV 28, 2015
Immunology
The American Cancer Society predicts that over 40,000 women will die from breast cancer this year, and that's just i
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
NOV 19, 2015
Microbiology
The Ebola outbreak in West Africa has claimed nearly 12,000 lives since 2014, leaving researchers scrambling to develop
...
Written By:
Kerry Evans
NOV 16, 2015
Immunology
In the fight against cancer, immunotherapy is increasingly becoming a promising treatment option since it revolves aroun
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
NOV 13, 2015
Videos
In the future, fertility treatments may include a "Sperm Olympics" event to select the ones that are not only the fastes
...
NOV 02, 2015
Immunology
B-cell leukemia occurs in 80-85 percent of children with acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL), a fast-growing cancer that
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
NOV 02, 2015
Clinical & Molecular DX
In the battle against cancer, scientists may be one step closer to detonating the tumor base camp, literally. The resear
...
OCT 30, 2015
Microbiology
Staphylococcus aureus is notorious for forming biofilms on indwelling medical devices (things like urinary and vascular
...
Written By:
Kerry Evans
OCT 14, 2015
Microbiology
A study out of Washington University School of Medicine suggests that household pets may acquire methicillin-resistant S
...
Written By:
Kerry Evans
OCT 02, 2015
Cell & Molecular Biology
According to the Alzheimer’s Association, Alzheimer’s disease is described as a type of dementia that causes
...
Written By:
Sarah Hertrich
SEP 29, 2015
Cancer
UC San Francisco scientists have developed a molecular “on switch” enabling tight control over the acti
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
SEP 22, 2015
Neuroscience
It’s a common occurrence. Whether it happens on a boat ride, a rollercoaster or just a high balcony, motion sickne
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
SEP 16, 2015
Microbiology
Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus (MRSA) is a dangerous bacterium that has become increasingly resistant to mu
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
SEP 13, 2015
Cancer
A team at the University of Pennsylvania reported that a multiple myeloma patient whose cancer had stopped respondi
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
SEP 10, 2015
Genetics & Genomics
An international team of scientists led by Sweden's Karolinska Institutet (http://ki.se/en/startpage?) has mapped fo
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
AUG 30, 2015
Cancer
While mathematical models are powerful tools for demonstrating how cancer grows and spreads, they have an either/or prob
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider