The thin hydrogel film, that's made from a polymer and water, can draw heat faraway from the batteries of smartphones, tablets, and computers, so they don't overheat. Researchers say their new device, ...

Researchers have developed an inexpensive patch that could help support the heart muscle following a heart attack. The patch was developed by researchers with Brown University, Fudan University, and ...

Cancer can be persistent and difficult to treat effectively, but cancer researchers can be just as persistent and difficult. João Conde and Natalie Artzi of Massachusetts Institute of Technology and ...

Getting traditionally administered drugs into the brain can be challenging, due to the body's protective blood-brain barrier. There may be new hope, however, in the form of a patch that gets shoved up ...

Schematic representation of the A/B-sides multi-biological functional hydrogel patch. Tissue repair required in scenarios such as trauma, post-operative of tumors is a common challenge for human ...

Researchers at MIT have published a paper about an adhesive hydrogel patch that could be used in the treatment of colorectal tumors after surgery. Surgery is often the first treatment used in cases of ...