Extreme Uptake (IMAGE)

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Extreme Uptake

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MIT engineers have synthesized a superabsorbent material that can soak up a record amount of moisture from the air, even in desert-like conditions. Pictured are the hydrogel discs swollen in water.

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Image: Gustav Graeber and Carlos D. Díaz-Marín

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