Titanium foam builds Wolverine bones

[Swede]

Sounds good,bub.


Now Quadbeck and colleagues have created a titanium implant with a foam-like structure, inspired by the spongy nature of bone. The titanium foam does a better job than solid metal when it comes to matching the mechanical properties of bone, such as flexibility, and this encourages more effective bone regrowth.

What's more, the foam is porous, so the bone can grow around and within it, truly integrating the implant with the skeleton.


http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn19493-titanium-foam-builds-wolverine-bones.html

[lob1]

1. How do the retractible swords work?

[davidinalameda]

2. has something to do with the sideburns

[lob1]

5. That's what I figured.

[Ozymanithrax]

3. When do they start making this stuff from adamantium? n/t

[undergroundpanther]

4. How long until I

can get a new spine,neck bones for mine are messed up..and could this be a way to my dream..grow me a real panther tail?

[Posteritatis]

6. Gotta love how science reporting has to awkwardly shoehorn in irrelevant references like that. (nt)