Stick-on gel delivers drugs and nanoparticles directly into plant tissues, clearing bacterial infections in 48 hours for ...

Overview of hydrogel-based direct EV isolation and fabrication and porosity characterization of meso–macroporous hydrogel particles. Credit: Nature Nanotechnology (2025). DOI: 10.1038/s41565-025-02011 ...

Hydrogels are polymeric materials with three-dimensional network structures containing large amounts of water. They serve as sustained-release drug delivery systems as they can encapsulate various ...

A team of University of Waterloo researchers has created smart, advanced materials that will be the building blocks for a future generation of soft medical microrobots. They published their results in ...

Novel nanocomposites remove and recover nutrients from wastewater, subsequently upcycling them as agricultural fertilizers or as biorefinery feedstocks, while simultaneously mitigating the occurrence ...

A study published in Nature Nanotechnology introduces an innovative approach to mitigating alcohol intoxication using a single-site iron-anchored amyloid hydrogel (FeSA@AH). This nanozyme-based ...

An adhesive hydrogel whose stickiness can be turned off by shining infrared light on it could make for better bandages or allow robots to climb walls, according to the researchers who developed it ...

Researchers in Germany have now created a temperature-responsive gel that captures the tiny plastic fragments and releases ...

The sol-gel process is a widely used method for synthesizing nanoparticles with precise control over size, shape, and composition. This method converts a liquid precursor, or "sol," into a solid gel ...