Made from super absorbent polymer, water beads are the size of pinheads when dehydrated. Their tiny size and bright colors make them look like candy, the CPSC says. There are a few reasons why ...

If you’ve ever come across water beads, you know how mesmerizing they can be—tiny, colorful balls that expand dramatically ...

Now, using an organic solvent (decanol) as drying agent, David Needham and co-workers at Duke University in the USA have successfully dehydrated a protein (lysozyme) to form beads of controllable ...