Researchers at the Department of Energy's (DOE) Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) and the University of Tennessee (UT), Knoxville, have made an advance by using a natural substance from fungi called chitin to create hydrogels that are significantly stronger and tougher. This new material coul...

Source: [Phys.org](https://phys.org/news/2026-08-fungal-chitin-route-tougher-hydrogels.html)

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