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Hydrophilic Powder Used To Save Library Books

Posted by timothy on from the ultimate-kitty-litter dept.

VersatilePrimate writes "Wired News has a story about a polymer that can instantaniously suck 2000 times in its body weight of water. Super Slurper, a starch-based polymer with a powerful thirst, has been employed in diapers and filters, but researchers want to turn the page and develop a different application: drying waterlogged books."

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  1. The ultimate battle... by greenhide · · Score: 4, Funny

    This stuff vs. the Super Big Gulp...

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    Karma: Chevy Kavalierma.
  2. Consequently by kurosawdust · · Score: 4, Funny

    In a related story, the number of borrowable copies of Short Stories to Read While You Kayak jumped up 7,000%...

  3. Re:MMMMMM by A55M0NKEY · · Score: 2, Funny

    I can hear the ice click against the plastic sides, and he fizz in my drink. 66 sloshing ounces of Diet Coke!

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    Eat at Joe's.

  4. Slurp? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

    Super Slurper ... has been employed in diapers ...

    I don't know whether to be horrified or aroused at the prospect of Super Slurper in my underpants.