Sometimes screwing up a science experiment isn't such a bad thing. Case in point: Researchers in Sweden accidentally left their equipment running on an experiment over a weekend, and ended up creating something awesome — Upsalite, the world's most efficient water absorber, reports The Independent.
This substance, prohibitively expensive and difficult to produce until now, can potentially do everything from controlling moisture on a hockey rink to cleaning up toxic waste and oil spills, reports Science Blog.
This "is expected to pave the way for new sustainable products in a number of industrial applications," says nanotechnology professor Maria Stromme.
Scientists have been trying — and failing — to cheaply create a dry, powdered form of magnesium carbonate since the early 1900s, earning it the nickname the "impossible material."
Researchers in Palo Alto in the US state of California have developed the most powerful X-ray...
Scientists in the U.K. have examined a tiny metal circular object, and are suggesting it might...
A senior US scientist has expressed concern that the intelligence services are funding climate change research...
Al Gore's presidential career never left the ground. But a controversial space mission he dreamed up...
