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Advanced Materials Technologies
A safer, more flexible graft gets to the heart of coronary artery bypass
Using a hydrogel coated with electrospun nanofiber, a new artery graft offers safer coronary artery bypass interventions.
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A new battery design not only provides energy,not only provides energy, but facilitates automatic surfacing and diving mechanisms in electronic, underwater equipment.
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