You say Jell-O, a polymer scientist might say hydrogel. Gelatin powder — when it is mixed with boiling water and cooled — becomes a polymer hydrogel. That's just one of the many ways polymer science relates to cooking and food processing. Such connections are the focus of a new University of Akron honors course — Polymer Science of Cooking — aimed at introducing undergraduate students to the basic concepts of polymer science. UA is home of an internationally known polymer science and polymer engineering college...
