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N.C. State: Mimicking a Bird's Sticky Spit to Create Cellulose Gels
October 17, 2023
RALEIGH, North Carolina, Oct. 17 (TNSres) -- North Carolina State University issued the following news release:

Using a small bird's nest-making process as a model, researchers from North Carolina State University have developed a nontoxic process for making cellulose gels. The freeze-thaw process is simple, cost-effective, and can create cellulose gels that are useful in a number of applications, including tunable gels for timed drug delivery. The process also works with bambo . . .

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