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The Sponge That Can Absorb 180 Times Its Own Weight In Sludge

7:19AM November 11, 2009 | John Herrman

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. More »