Follow posts tagged #hydrogel in seconds.Sign up Researchers
grow crops on super thin film Japanese researchers at Mebiol
have figured out a way to grow small crops of Earthly flora on
clean sheets of hydrogel (commonly found in diapers), called
Imec, that measures just tens of microns thick. Roots grow along
the membrane, absorbing water through it, but the material is
able to block out bacteria and viruses that could harm the
plants. Hydrogel helps grow new scar-free skin over third degree
burns By Ben Coxworth 20:32 December 16, 2011 Postdoctoral
fellow Guoming Sun (left) and Sharon Gerecht, an assistant
professor of chemical and biomolecular engineering, helped
develop the burn-healing hydrogelImage Gallery (2 images) Third-
degree burns typically require very complex treatment, and leave
nasty scars once they’ve healed. Researchers at Johns Hopkins
University, however, are reporting success at treating such
burns on lab mice, using a new type of hydrogel that grows new
skin (as opposed to scar tissue) ove