A nut used in herbal tea has become a hydrogel perfect ... "You never saw the fruit from a tree expand in that kind of volume," said first author Changxu Sun, a UChicago PME Ph.D. student.

A nut used in herbal tea has become a hydrogel perfect ... “You never saw the fruit from a tree expand in that kind of volume,” said first author Changxu Sun, a UChicago PME PhD student.

Scientists at the University of Chicago have found a new use for an ingredient commonly found in herbal tea—malva nuts.

17 (UPI) --The humble malva nut, which for centuries has been used to make herbal tea in Southeast Asian ... Asian countries where malva nut trees are common and locally produced medical resources ...

A nut used in herbal tea has become a hydrogel perfect ... "You never saw the fruit from a tree expand in that kind of volume," said first author Changxu Sun, a UChicago PME PhD student.