Researchers in Taiwan have developed a stretchable, self-healing gel that changes color when pulled or heated. It combines strength and built-in sensors in a single material that could have ...

Polymer gels are three-dimensional cross-linked polymer networks swollen in solvents. They are soft and capable of large deformations, with the network of long polymer molecules holding the solvent in ...

Two years ago, when I posed an urgent question to the universe (OK, social media and in a Journal News/lohud column) asking why my gel nail polish manicure was changing color on one hand, I got ...