Biofouling—the unwanted accumulation of proteins, cells, and bacteria on medical device surfaces—remains one of the biggest threats to implant longevity and patient safety. From blood-clotting ...

New machine learning framework predicts promising nucleoside hydrogels before they are synthesized and tested in the ...

Hydrogels—soft, water-rich polymer networks—have evolved far beyond their early biomedical uses. By integrating dynamic ...

Periodontitis is one of the most common chronic inflammatory diseases worldwide and a leading cause of tooth loss in adults.

Researchers at the Terasaki Institute for Biomedical Innovation have developed an injectable hydrogel, a water-based gel ...

Natural biomass hydrogels are emerging as promising building blocks for intelligent sensors because they combine softness, water-rich structures, tunable networks, and abundant functional groups. A ...

Wearable or implantable devices to monitor biological activities, such as heart rate, are useful, but they are typically made of metals, silicon, plastic and glass and must be surgically implanted. A ...

Hydrogels, with their high-water content and versatile properties, are ideal for advancing medical devices in chronic wound care, tissue regeneration and drug delivery. Their adaptability and ...

Non-living hydrogels can play the video game Pong and improve their gameplay with more experience, researchers report. The researchers hooked hydrogels up to a virtual game environment and then ...