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Testing on heart tissue and rats The team embedded rows of these microparticles into a hydrogel patch made from alginate and PEGDA.
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Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 4 Nov. 2025
Made with just six ingredients—water, glucose, fructose, and three gelling agents (sodium alginate, gluconic acid, and calcium carbonate)—these gels are both clean and efficient.
—Boutayna Chokrane, Wired News, 31 Oct. 2025
Researchers coated the beads with alginate, a type of seaweed fiber, to protect them from the acidic environment of the stomach.
—Jay Kakade
august 30, New Atlas, 30 Aug. 2025
The shelves are crowded with tall deli containers filled with aqua blue passion fruit alginate, jet-black cardamom-and-coffee alginate, and jars of produce at various stages of fermentation.
—Jenn Harris, Los Angeles Times, 10 Oct. 2024
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Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 4 Nov. 2025
Made with just six ingredients—water, glucose, fructose, and three gelling agents (sodium alginate, gluconic acid, and calcium carbonate)—these gels are both clean and efficient.
—Boutayna Chokrane, Wired News, 31 Oct. 2025
Researchers coated the beads with alginate, a type of seaweed fiber, to protect them from the acidic environment of the stomach.
—Jay Kakade
august 30, New Atlas, 30 Aug. 2025
The shelves are crowded with tall deli containers filled with aqua blue passion fruit alginate, jet-black cardamom-and-coffee alginate, and jars of produce at various stages of fermentation.
—Jenn Harris, Los Angeles Times, 10 Oct. 2024
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“Alginate.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/alginate. Accessed 24 Nov. 2025.
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alginate
noun
al·gi·nate
ˈal-jə-ˌnāt 
: a salt of alginic acid
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