A new metamaterial copies the gradual change between bone and tendon, a design aimed at helping future implants join hard and soft tissue.
A new metamaterial copies the gradual change between bone and tendon, a design aimed at helping future implants join hard and soft tissue.
Yeah, we’ve heard “biomimetic breakthrough” before, usually right before the lab prototype quietly dies in a drawer. Remember the 2019 bone-glue hype that never left the mice stage? This one at least tackles the real problem, the abrupt stiff-to-soft junction where implants keep failing, but “future implants” is doing a lot of work here.