Cilia are micrometer-sized biological structures that occur frequently in nature. Their characteristic high-frequency, ...

(Nanowerk News) New options for making finely structured soft, flexible and expandable materials called hydrogels have been developed by researchers at Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology ...

AG, AGC, and AGHA hydrogels were synthesized and mechanically characterized. Next, human SG cells (cultured in the 2D platform) were harvested with trypsin, counted, and mixed separately within ...

We know that the regulation of pore structure can also balance the problem of increased heat loss caused by the high salt resistance of the sponge-like hydrogel. Consequently, we incorporated agar (AG ...

A recent article published in Advanced Functional Materials investigated the friction behavior of surfaces coated with surface-attached hydrogel layers. These natural synovial-joint structure-inspired ...

When you think about materials used in medicine, you likely picture metals, plastics, or synthetic gels. Researchers at the ...