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Waste plastics become molecular sponges that capture water from air
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SignalsMonitor is following this as a technology story. Phys.org Breaking News is the outlet attached so far. The first report grouped here was at 14 Oct 2026, 22:20 UTC. The headline in use is “Waste plastics become molecular sponges that capture water from air”. This note is SignalsMonitor's own briefing, not the publisher's article.
What we know
Discarded plastic packaging materials, old CDs and even LEGO bricks can be transformed into materials that capture significant amounts of moisture from the air. Materials chemists Anastasiia Naryshkina, Paul Schweng and Robert Woodward at the University of Vienna have converted several types of plastic waste into water-attracting polymer networks that…
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Waste plastics become molecular sponges that capture water from air
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