Today’s Solutions: April 24, 2024

The problem with pressure bandages, which are used to treat medical issues around veins that don’t return enough blood from your legs or arms, is that there’s no way to know if the pressure being applied is optimal for the specific condition. Engineers have found a way to solve this problem by developing color-changing fibers that can be woven into pressure bandages and change color according to how much the bandage is stretched. Once a caregiver has stretched a patient’s bandages enough to apply a certain amount of pressure, the color-changing fibers can be used as a visual check on the amount of pressure the bandage is providing.

Solutions News Source Print this article
More of Today's Solutions

Gamers revolutionize biomedical research via DNA analysis

In a remarkable study published in Nature Biotechnology, researchers discovered gaming's transformative potential in biomedical research. Borderlands Science, an interactive mini-game included in Borderlands ...

Read More

The ancient origins of your 600,000 year old cuppa joe

Did you realize that the beans that comprise your morning cup of coffee date back 600,000 years? Scientists have discovered the ancient origins of Coffea arabica, ...

Read More

World record broken for coldest temperature ever recorded

With our current knowledge of how temperature works there is no upper limit, this means materials can keep getting hotter and hotter to no ...

Read More

A youth-led environmental victory creates a paradigm shift in Montana’s...

A group of youth environmental activists scored a landmark legal victory in Montana, marking a critical step forward in the ongoing battle against climate ...

Read More