Hydrogels are soft, jelly-like materials that can absorb large amounts of water. They are widely used in medical technologies ...

University of Warwick scientists has found that firmer, lower water content hydrogels limit bacterial growth, with implications for designing ...

Inspired by biology, researchers have achieved the highest performing underwater adhesive hydrogel technology to date through a data mining and machine learning approach. Hydrogels are a permeable ...

Modern cancer therapies have resulted in higher survival rates for victims of this dread disease, in many cases. However, their generic mode of delivery and action is associated with greater adverse ...

view from top of jar with yogurt isolated on white background. Eat yogurt spoon close up. Researchers used yogurt by-products to create extracellular vesicles and then used the vesicles to make a ...

Scientists at Penn State have developed a flexible, high-power hydrogel battery inspired by electric ...

Power sources used in devices found in or around biological tissue must be flexible and nontoxic, while still powerful enough ...

With possible applications in information encryption and adaptive camouflage, the material is a programmable hydrogel film, the appearance, texture and mechanical response of whic ...