News tagged with third degree burns

Artificial tissue promotes skin growth in wounds

(PhysOrg.com) -- Victims of third-degree burns and other traumatic injuries endure pain, disfigurement, invasive surgeries and a long time waiting for skin to grow back. Improved tissue grafts designed by ...

Chemistry / Materials Science

created May 17, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Burn rehabilitation experts outline best treatments for post-burn itching

Mr. Mashburn, a worker at a paper-recycling plant, fell through a loose grate and into a sump pit in September 2008 as he was preparing to inspect a steam valve. Super hot condensate, at a temperature of at least 140 degrees ...

Medicine & Health / Other

created Feb 26, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0




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China hits back at claims it is blocking climate talks

China hit back Thursday at claims it was holding up global climate talks in Germany, saying the United States, Europe and other rich states were the ones applying the brakes.

Space & Earth / Environment

created May 24, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Iowa State students take a lighter, more autonomous 'lunabot' to NASA competition

Jared Peterson, working away in the Caterpillar Mechatronics Laboratory in Iowa State University's Hoover Hall, recently held up a small electric motor.

Electronics / Robotics

created May 21, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Black carbon, tropospheric ozone most likely driving Earth's tropical belt expansion

Black carbon aerosols and tropospheric ozone, both manmade pollutants emitted predominantly in the Northern Hemisphere's low- to mid-latitudes, are most likely pushing the boundary of the tropics further polew ...

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created May 16, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (5) | comments 7 | with audio podcast

Worrying numbers of 'short-nosed' dog owners do not believe their pets to have breathing problems

Owners of certain popular “short-nosed” dog breeds, including Pugs, Bulldogs, Pekingese and French Bulldogs, are unknowingly putting their pets’ welfare at risk and not seeking essential treatment because they ...

Biology / Plants & Animals

created May 10, 2012 | popularity 4 / 5 (3) | comments 1

Ultrafine processing technology continues its evolution

The performance of optical and electronic components such as lenses and semiconductors is strongly influenced by the precision of surface grinding, which involves shaping the surface, and polishing, and provides ...

Technology / Engineering

created Nov 21, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

What can make a dent?

With the world’s energy needs growing rapidly, can zero-carbon energy options be scaled up enough to make a significant difference? How much of a dent can these alternatives make in the world’s total energy usage ov ...

Technology / Energy & Green Tech

created Oct 24, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 6

Pair claim they can make ammonia to fuel cars for just 20 cents per liter

(PhysOrg.com) -- John Fleming of SilverEagles Energy and Tim Maxwell from Texas Tech University, say they have developed a way to make ammonia that is cheap enough so that it could be used as fuel for cars. If th ...

Chemistry / Materials Science

created Sep 05, 2011 | popularity 4.1 / 5 (22) | comments 41 | with audio podcast weblog

Self-cleaning anodes could facilitate cost-effective coal-powered fuel cells

Using barium oxide nanoparticles, researchers have developed a self-cleaning technique that could allow solid oxide fuel cells to be powered directly by coal gas at operating temperatures as low as 750 degrees Celsius. The ...

Technology / Energy & Green Tech

created Jun 21, 2011 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 6 | with audio podcast

Curb soot and smog to keep Earth cool, says UN

Sharply reducing emissions of soot and smog could play a critical role in preventing Earth from overheating, according to a UN report released on Tuesday.

Space & Earth / Environment

created Jun 14, 2011 | popularity 4 / 5 (4) | comments 0

Perspective on: The future of fusion

Stewart Prager, a well-known plasma physicist and fusion scientist with a distinguished career and a record of discovery at the University of Wisconsin, arrived in January 2009 as director of PPPL, the United ...

Physics / General Physics

created May 13, 2011 | popularity 3.8 / 5 (6) | comments 76


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