In research published last month, UChicago scientists created a hydrogel out of husks from the malva nut. In traditional Chinese medicine, the malva nut, or Pang Da Hai (胖大海) belongs to the "cool ...

Bhagya Nallaperuma, a specialist in the Department of Environmental Health and Safety, has co-authored a review on natural ...

Imagine making clean drinking water from the air using food scraps, seashells, or twigs. That’s exactly what a team of ...

They are usually soft and weak, but can be made hard and tough. Hydrogels are gels that have water as their main constituent. Stimuli responsive hydrogels can be used in optical communication ...

People usually throw that out.” Sun and Tian saw potential in the gelatinous food waste thrown out with yesterday’s tea. “We said, ‘Okay, that's a natural hydrogel,’” Sun said. Hydrogels are gooey, ...

Sun and Tian saw potential in the gelatinous food waste thrown out with yesterday’s tea. “We said, ‘Okay, that's a natural hydrogel,’” Sun said. Hydrogels are gooey water-based substances noted for ...

And unlike existing synthetic adsorbents, which often use petrochemicals or require large amounts of energy to extract water, the new biomass hydrogels can be made from natural polysaccharides and ...