Water-absorbing beads have become increasingly hazardous to children over the past 10 years, as children who swallow the beads can experience life-threatening problems such as bowel obstruction. In ...

ORLANDO -- A significant number of kids experienced bowel obstruction after swallowing superabsorbent polymer beads (SAP), commonly referred to as water beads, according to a systematic review. Water ...

A recent study published in Small examines how different bead sizes and materials affect the performance of triboelectric ...

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, Vol. 106, No. 42 (Oct. 20, 2009), pp. 17644-17649 (6 pages) The "beads-on-a-string" model for folding of polymers is a ...