A new study from the University of Texas reveals scientists can pull clean drinking water from thin air. By using food scraps ...

If that polysaccharide is rehydrated — UChicago compared the process to a dry sponge regaining its shape under a faucet — a hydrogel results. Having produced the malva nut hydrogel ...

The new generation of hydrogels moves away from the bulk materials of old, to those with multilayered, complex internal structures and controllable physical properties. You have full access to ...

The FDA approved the Deseyne daily disposable contact lens, which steadily releases bioactive substances that improve ...

Researchers from the Institute of Polymer Science and Engineering, National Taiwan University, have developed a smart gel that responds to multiple stimuli for precise drug release. Gels that ...

Polysaccharides are carbohydrate polymers in which monosaccharide ((CH2O)n) units are covalently joined by an O-glycosidic bond in either a branched or linear configuration. Polysaccharides serve ...