How Spheres Become Worms: Breakthrough with NMR spectroscopy

A previously unknown form of hydrogel formation has been elucidated: chemists found unusual interactions between polymers

02-May-2023 - Hydrogels? Many people use these substances without knowing it. As superabsorbents in nappies, for example, hydrogels absorb a lot of liquid. In the process, the initially dry material becomes Jelly-like, but it does not wet. Some people place the swellable material on their eyeballs – soft ...

Tracking Down Organic Fraudsters

05-Sep-2014 - Organic food is booming – but was the much more expensive tomato really grown organically? This can be found out by means of an analytic technique that scientists from the university of Würzburg are working on. The demand for organic food is rising. It has almost tripled worldwide between 2002 ...