Hurricane Helene's Effect On The Global Tech Industry | A Stretchy Band-Aid For The Heart
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Hurricane Helene's Effect On The Global Tech Industry | A Stretchy Band-Aid For The Heart

Oct 4, 2024
25:13
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About this episode

The storm flooded mines in Spruce Pine, North Carolina, which supply the tech industry with some of the purest quartz in the world. Also, researchers developed a 3D-printable material, inspired by worms, that can act as a Band-Aid for damaged heart and cartilage tissue.

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Author
Ira Flatow, Rasha Aridi, D. Peterschmidt
Show Type
full
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