Hydrogels are a versatile class of polymeric networks that have been utilized for a wide variety of cell culture and tissue repair applications. Hydrogels can also be spatially confined as microscopic ...

Tissue Regeneration Materials Unit of the NIMS International Center for Materials Nanoarchitectonics (MANA), in joint research with RIKEN and the National Center for Child Health and Development, ...

Researchers have developed materials that can interface with an injured spinal cord and provide a scaffolding to facilitate healing. To do this, scaffolding materials need to mimic the natural spinal ...

Researchers have successfully regenerated damaged skull bones in mice by creating a freestanding, biomimetic scaffold that combines a piezoelectric framework and the growth-promoting properties of a ...

A domestic research team has developed a new electrode architecture that solves the greatest challenge of electric-vehicle batteries: the "risk of explosion." A team led by Park Su-jin, a professor in ...