Some mushrooms are sturdier than others, but it isn’t necessarily because of their chemistry – it’s how the filaments that make them up are arranged.

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

No antibacterial activity was observed with either amylose or water-soluble chitin films. But amylose films having a small amount of chitin showed strong antibacterial action, suggesting a ...

Can your model unlock the secrets of polymers? This competition challenges participants to predict fundamental polymer properties to accelerate sustainable materials research. Polymers are essential ...

The increasing demand for sustainable solutions to oil–water separation and end-of-life membrane disposal has prompted the development of recyclable membrane technologies. In this study, we present an ...