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University of Chicago Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering PhD candidate Changxu Sun holds up a small malva nut and a submerged one to demonstrate how much it swells in water. Sun is harnessing this “natural hydrogel” to create new medical devices.

Nut Waste Transforms into Next-Gen Medical Marvel

Categories Health, Technology

Stanford engineers have developed an injectable hydrogel depot technology that enables GLP-1 drugs to be administered once every four months, compared to repeated daily injections.

New drug delivery system could reduce daily diabetes shots to just three a year

Categories Health

MIT engineers have synthesized a superabsorbent material that can soak up a record amount of moisture from the air, even in desert-like conditions. Pictured are the hydrogel discs swollen in water. Credits:Image: Gustav Graeber and Carlos D. Díaz-Marín

Engineers Develop Superabsorbent Material for Harvesting Water from Desert Air

Categories Earth, Energy & Environment, Technology

Tuning mechanical properties of bioink according to temperature and 3d scaffold printing

Safe bioink for artificial organ printing

Categories Health, Technology

A porous hydrogel inspired by loofah sponges absorbs polluted water at room temperature and then rapidly releases purified water when heated.

Loofah-inspired, sun-driven gel could purify all the water you’ll need in a day

Categories Earth, Energy & Environment, Technology

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