While it is easy to thread a bead on a string in the macroscopic world, this is not always the case on molecular, nano- and microscopic length scales. We are developing new nano- and microscale ...

Hydrogels have promise as tissue engineering scaffolds and in other biomedical applications. But these materials, which are made mostly of water held together by hydrophilic, cross-linked polymers, ...

Simply sign up to the Life & Arts myFT Digest -- delivered directly to your inbox. It is a breakthrough that could lead to robots with artificial muscles and lightweight automobiles that can travel ...