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Petrified Wood In Days, Not Millions Of Years

Posted by timothy on from the wood-rocks dept.

prostoalex writes "Any petrified wood enthusiast would tell you that a quality product takes millions of years to mature, following Mother Nature's course, which, of course, is very frustrating for anyone experimenting. Pacific Northwest National Laboratory now managed to get the process in few days, USA Today says. The scientific achievement will be beneficial for "separating industrial chemicals, filtering pollutants and soaking up contamination"."

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  1. I get petrified wood... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    ...whenever I watch my lesbian porn videos! Zing!

  2. Mods on crack by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Offtopic? Wtf. Isn't this a story about petrified wood?

    Come on. I bet you get a petrified woody just thinking about the concept!