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Flame Retardant From Cocoa Pod Husks | The Oozy Physics Of Oobleck

12.20.2023 - By Science Friday and WNYC StudiosPlay

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Scientists are using leftover cocoa pod husks to extract lignin, an organic polymer that can become flame retardant, foam, or a straw. Also, Non-Newtonian fluids challenge our ideas of what’s liquid and what’s solid. We now have a better understanding of how they work.

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