The gel material is cheap to make, and a single kilogram can produce liters of water in seemingly dry conditions. Reading time: Reading time 4 minutes As the world becomes increasingly hot, fresh and ...

Consumers are raving about this product, hailing it “a total game-changer.” In fact, HuffPost personal editor Noah Michelson ...

Engineers find the hydrogel polyethylene glycol (PEG) doubles its water absorption as temperatures climb from 25 to 50 C, and could be useful for passive cooling or water harvesting in warm climates.

Plants may have no muscles, but they can grow upwards against the strain of gravity and their roots can even shift soil and rocks – because their cells can absorb water to form strong structures. Now ...

NEW JERSEY -- There is a new national push to ban water beads -- colorful, water-absorbing balls often marketed to children. In a news conference Monday, Congressman Frank Pallone Jr. of New Jersey ...