Scientists mixed chitin—an organic polymer found in abundance in arthropods, as well as fish scales—with a mineral that mimics the properties of Martian soil to create a viable new material ...

Strawberries could get an extended shelf life thanks to a new edible coating. Fruit coated with the biofilm lost less weight ...

Using a ubiquitous, organic polymer called chitin, found in everything from fungi fibers to shellfish shells, a team of researchers from Singapore has devised a low energy manufacturing material ...

The wings of a butterfly are made of chitin, an organic polymer that is the main component of the shells of arthropods like crustaceans and other insects.

SUTD researchers uncover the promising capability of chitin as a sustainable smart biomaterial. Through water exchange with the environment, humidity-responsive chitinous films can generate ...

Yi Wang et al, Ultrasonication-based preparation of raw chitin nanofiber and evaluation of its reinforcement effect on ...

Chitin is a colorless substance you can farm in Ark Ragnarok. It is the polymer part of a creature’s exoskeletons, radulae, beaks, and other physical structures.

By stripping acetyl groups from chitin, the chemists made chitosan, an antimicrobial and antioxidant polymer that has applications in cosmetics, drug delivery, and food storage.

RUDN University chemists have improved the effectiveness of antibacterial chitosan films used in medicine and the food industry, by adding iron and a new chitin derivative to chitin nanoparticles.