It's taboo to consume seaweed soup before exams in Korea since it can lead to failing the exam. The belief is rooted in the idea that the slippery nature of seaweed may cause people to slip and falter ...

Carbon dioxide creates the acidic environment necessary for calcium ions to link alginate chains, forming the hydrogel. However, the rapid release of CO₂ after gelation limits calcium ion availability ...

Microwave ablation (MWA) is a minimally invasive cancer treatment that kills tumour cells using heat generated by exposure to microwave energy. MWA is currently used to treat several types of solid ...

A soft, edible electrode made from alginate and polydopamine detects glucose under intestinal conditions, opening a path toward swallowable sensors for diabetes monitoring. (Nanowerk Spotlight) ...

Scientists with an interest in protoliving technologies, have published research which paves the way to building new semi-autonomous devices with potential applications in miniaturized soft robotics, ...

Scientists at Harvard University have created a hydrogel that’s tough, biocompatible, self-healing, and can be repeatedly stretched to 21 times its regular length without breaking – all of which are ...

A new delivery system from Texas A&M University uses a hydrogel material to hold drugs and deliver them through microscopic holes in its structure. The team of researchers embedded alginate, a ...

Hydrogel injection molding is a viable alternative to three-dimensional bioprinting, offering efficiency, scalability and reproducibility for even complex 3D cell-laden geometries and high-throughput ...