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Super absorbent sponge sucks up 180 times its weight

John Herrman  |  Nov 11, 2009

(Credit: Peking University and Tsinghua University)


That tiny, plastic-looking black cube up there can absorb up to 180 times its own weight in toxic waste without absorbing any water. How? As with just about every amazing and/or inexplicable scientific breakthrough nowadays, the answer is spelled N-A-N-O.
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