What Are Water Beads? “Water beads” are water-absorbent polymer beads that can swell over several hundreds of times their initial dry mass when placed in water, forming hydrogel beads. They are primar...

When a product fails, identifying the root cause is critical—and often, that root cause lies in the materials. Material deformulation, the process of reverse-engineering a substance to understand its ...

On May 6, 2025, the ASTM Workshop on the Characterization of Hydrogel Medical Devices brought together researchers and engineers to discuss current test methods for hydrogels in medical devices. Led b...