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Japanese Researchers Make Plastic Out of Water

Posted by timothy on from the what's-kanji-for-boffin? dept.

greenrainbow writes with this excerpt from Inhabit: "The material shown in the picture above is just ice, right? Look again. Elastic water, a new substance invented by researchers at Tokyo University, is a jelly-like substance made up of 95% water along with two grams of clay and a small amount of organic materials. As is, the all-natural substance is perfect for medical procedures, because it's made of water, poses no harm to people, and is perfect for mending tissue. And, if the research team can increase the density of this exciting new substance, it could be used in place of our current oil-based plastics for a host of other things."

6 of 117 comments (clear)

  1. Blurry by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Informative

    Wow, that's one blurry photograph.

  2. Already invented eons ago by t0qer · · Score: 1, Informative

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jell-O

  3. Attention Japanese Science-fidels by Rogerborg · · Score: 4, Informative

    We "invented" this a couple of hundred years ago. We call it "jelly" in civilised lands, or "jello" in the colonies. kthxbye.

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    1. Re:Attention Japanese Science-fidels by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Informative

      Only in America. Everywhere else (English speaking), jam is what you put on toast.

  4. Cool, but.... by thePowerOfGrayskull · · Score: 3, Informative

    Cool, but old news. Haven't really heard anything about it since (other than rehashes of that same info from Oct)

  5. Re:*ANOTHER* Misleading Title..... by jelizondo · · Score: 2, Informative

    Apparently you missed it

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