Team leader Marta Cerruti, using the tools of the Canadian Light Source, has examined the mineralized arteries of genetically modified laboratory mice and found that the pathway in the body that leads to what laypeople call “hardening of the arteries” is not what medical experts previously assumed.

Classified as: Marta Cerruti, calcium, arteries, bio-synthetic interfaces, Kidney disease, diabetes, Monzur Mushed, collagen, bio-synthetic surfaces, Canadian Light Source, Canada Foundation for Innovation, McGill University, Materials Engineering, science and technology
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Published on: 31 Jan 2018

Hydrogen, the lightest element, can easily dissolve and migrate within metals to make these otherwise ductile materials brittle and substantially more prone to failures. 

Classified as: hydrogen embrittlement, Jun Song, Materials Engineering, Nature Materials
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Published on: 19 Nov 2012
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