A mysterious blob sits on a lab table in Tulane University’s Stern Hall. It’s slimy, squishy and a little bigger than a hockey puck. Chemistry professor Scott Grayson calls it hydrogel, and his team ...

A Chinese research team has developed a single-step femtosecond laser 4D printing technology that enables rapid and precise ...

However, most current hydrogel pores use circular designs, which limit control over shape change and lead to unpredictable, slow actuation. They often close unevenly and recover poorly, reducing their ...

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