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Non-Wet Water

Posted by michael on from the believe-it-or-not dept.

Symul writes: "ABCNews has posted a story today about water that, when mixed with a powder derived from the spores of cub moss, behaves much as liquids do in a weightless environment, with the properties of a sponge-like solid. The powder "coats" the droplets of water, adhering to its surface and little else, including itself. Suggested applications have been leak-free water transportation, and small scale lubrication."

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  1. Old News by MichielB · · Score: 3

    I'm sorry, but this is old news. Sciam already posted this a week ago.
    http://www.sciam.com/news/062101/1.html

    Hi everybody by the way. I've been lurking in the science section for quite a while now, and decided to register just now.