What are hydrogels, and what are they used for? These water-absorbing polymer networks have applications in drug delivery, wound healing, biosensors, and energy storage. Learn how researchers are ...

In a pioneering effort to replace animal testing, an international team of scientists has developed a lifelike, 3D-printed ...

Researchers have created a new hydrogel to improve drug delivery for treating PTOA. Post-traumatic osteoarthritis (PTOA) is a condition that affects joints after an injury. Current treatments ...

A research team from TU Graz and the Vellore Institute of Technology in India is developing a 3D-printed skin imitation ...

Researchers have developed a hydrogel-based strain sensor that measures blood potassium from a single drop of serum in two ...

EU laid down restrictions on animal testing for the testing of cosmetics and their ingredients throughout the EU. Therefore, ...

Rather than just hydrogels and soft issues ... is the result of oxidation resulting in chemical bonds between the surfaces, depending on the metal’s reduction potential. The researchers ...

Addition of a photodegradable group to the backbone of synthetic hydrogels enables real-time control of the material's chemical and physical properties. The techniques allow for observation of ...

A research team is developing a 3D-printed skin imitation equipped with living cells in order to test nanoparticles from cosmetics without animal testing.