To help in the fight against antibiotic overuse and resistance, researchers have developed a new wound dressing material that ...

A gelatinous substance that would otherwise be waste from a nut often used to make herbal tea can be made into a hydrogel with all different biomedical uses, University of Chicago researchers recently ...

Researchers have developed a plant-based hydrogel to create shape-changing, navigable small-scale robots with potential applications in biomedicine, including conducting medical procedures and ...

Hydrogels can undergo a significant volume phase change or gel-sol phase transition in response to physical and chemical stimuli, including temperature, electric and magnetic fields, solvent ...

Scientists use carbonated water during low-methoxy pectin hydrogel synthesis to supply CO2 and study its impact on hydrogel formation and properties This research contributes to the United Nations' ...

Temperature responsive hydrogels combined with enzyme loaded metal organic frameworks actively move substrates and products and retain enzymes, enabling stable reusable catalysis and reliable glucose ...