Cellophane is not made of plastic. It is made from a plant fiber, cellulose, which has been shredded and aged.
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In 1999, Harvard physicist Lene Hau was able to slow down light to 17 meters per second and in 2001, was able to stop light completely.
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The banana plant cannot reproduce itself. It can be propagated only by the hand of man.
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The earth is approx. 6,588,000,000,000,000,000 tons.
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Scientists are working on a portable spray-on-skin that can heal severe wounds in just a few minutes.The spray mainly contains important proteins that can reprogram the injured cells to become stem cells, and back to young uniformed skin cells. So far they were able to accelerate healing process from 12 weeks to 21 days with a similar approach.
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Aluminum used to be more valuable than gold!
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Scientists at the Zhejiang University in China have developed an ultra-light material known as carbon aerogel.
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