Medical device tubing is ubiquitous. Available in a variety of shapes, sizes, and colors, it is commonly made from such materials as thermoplastics and silicone and manufactured using extrusion ...

University of Iowa researchers have shown that most of the extra vials of blood drawn for lab tests never get used and are instead discarded. They hope their data will raise awareness of the problem ...

Figure 1: Fragmentation via a cold-drawing-induced, propagating, mechanical–geometric instability. Figure 2: Characterization of fragmentation induced by cold-drawing of a PES fibre. Figure 3: ...