Millions of people around the world wear contact lenses, including reusable ones. But these plastic lenses don’t last forever, and lenses need to be replaced every few days, weeks or months. Now, researchers reporting a pilot study in ACS’ Environmental Science & Technology have developed a method to analyze minute debris in small samples and…

MIT engineers synthesized a superabsorbent material that can soak up a record amount of moisture from the air, even in desert-like conditions.

Scientists from the NIHR Great Ormond Street Hospital Biomedical Research Centre (a collaboration between GOSH and UCL), London, and University of Padova, Italy, have shown for the first time how 3D printing can be achieved inside ‘mini-organs’ growing in hydrogels -- controlling their shape, activity, and even forcing tissue to grow into 'moulds.'