We all encounter gels in daily life—from the soft, sticky substances you put in your hair to the jelly-like components in various foodstuffs. While human skin shares gel-like characteristics, it has ...

A team of researchers at New York University (NYU) Abu Dhabi discovered a new ...

The self-healing polymer market is expanding rapidly as industries adopt smart, damage-repairing materials to improve durability and sustainability, with the U.S. market growing from USD 0.80 billion ...

A new study assesses the maximum number of damage and healing cycles a self-healing actuator can endure. The study, which presents a method to automatically and autonomously assess the repeatable ...

Thermal image of a metal test specimen undergoing the photothermal heating method. (Image courtesy of American Institute of Physics) Researchers at Arizona State University (Tempe) have created a ...

Figure 1: The self-healing conductor is able to rejoin itself (right) when pieces that have been split are brought together after being cut (middle). © 2025 RIKEN ...

(Left) Closed-loop recycling process of the newly synthesized raw material (monomer).(Right) Selective raw materials recovery from mixed plastic waste. Credit: Korea Institute of Science and ...

A novel gold-bonded, self-healing polymer can bend, flex, and repair itself without losing conductivity, providing opportunities for advanced wearable electronics and robotics in the future. Gold ...

The current and potential future methods of developing self-healing materials will be discussed, and their specific applications within the automotive industry, will be explored in the following ...

The self-healing conductor is able to rejoin itself (right) when pieces that have been split are brought together after being cut (middle). (Image: RIKEN Center for Sustainable Resource Science) ...