Albertville native's research with shrimp shell may be key to diabetic bandages - al.com (blog)

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Albertville native's research with shrimp shell may be key to diabetic bandages al.com (blog) The company is working to develop a bandage that would help heal diabetic ulcers and the key ingredients are seaweed and a part of a shrimp shell known as chitin. "This kind of bandage is going to be a moist dressing," said Hough, who holds three ... and more »

Spider's Venomous Fang an Incisive Design Solution - Scientific Computing

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Spider's Venomous Fang an Incisive Design Solution Scientific Computing As researchers of the Max Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces in Potsdam, the Max Planck Institute of Microstructure Physics in Halle and the University of Vienna have discovered, the chitin fibers in the fangs of a large Central American ...

University of Alabama team turning shrimp shells into high-tech bandages - al.com (blog)

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University of Alabama team turning shrimp shells into high-tech bandages al.com (blog) Rogers met with shrimpers at the Gulf Coast Agricultural and Seafood Co-Op in Bayou La Batre, telling them that a polymer called chitin is locked up in the shrimp shells. Rogers believed that Alabama's expertise in the chemistry of ionic liquids -- a ...

A crowning success for crayfish - Science Daily (press release)

A crowning success for crayfish Science Daily (press release) The mandibles of the freshwater crayfish are part of the cuticle which, as in other crustaceans, consists essentially of a network of chitin fibres. The shell is hardened in particular by disordered calcium carbonate, which is termed amorphous by ... and more »

Murphy High students rack up awards at science fairs - Press-Register - al.com (blog)

Murphy High students rack up awards at science fairs Press-Register - al.com (blog) Ho began her senior chemistry project, “Depolymerization of Chitin Using Ionic Liquids,” at the start of the school year and will participate in the International Science and Engineering Fair in Pittsburgh, Pa., May 13-18. Her experiment, which emerged ... and more »