UC Riverside
Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering at the University of California, Riverside
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Masaru Rao
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A Window on the Brain? The ceramic material now used for dental crowns and hip implants can be made transparent. That's according to researchers at the University of California, Riverside . Since they know that the body will tolerate it in various applications, they're now working on making it into a "window to the brain." Masa Rao is Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering, part of the UC Riverside team.
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