Salty Plastic 🧂, Repeat

Salty Plastic 🧂, Repeat

June 13, 2026 · 4 min · Episode 1329

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Researchers in Japan have developed a dissolvable plastic-like material that is strong and flexible, designed to break down in salty environments like oceans.

From the archive, researchers in Japan have created a plastic-ish material that is strong and flexible, but dissolves when it gets salty... like in an ocean! Read more about this cool material here ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

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