{"id":189244,"date":"2024-05-12T13:22:25","date_gmt":"2024-05-12T18:22:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2024\/05\/scientists-develop-breakthrough-gel-material-that-could-remove-one-of-the-most-common-pollutants-heres-how-it-works"},"modified":"2024-05-12T13:22:25","modified_gmt":"2024-05-12T18:22:25","slug":"scientists-develop-breakthrough-gel-material-that-could-remove-one-of-the-most-common-pollutants-heres-how-it-works","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2024\/05\/scientists-develop-breakthrough-gel-material-that-could-remove-one-of-the-most-common-pollutants-heres-how-it-works","title":{"rendered":"Scientists develop breakthrough gel material that could remove one of the most common pollutants \u2014 here\u2019s how it works"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<p><iframe style=\"display: block; margin: 0 auto; width: 100%; aspect-ratio: 4\/3; object-fit: contain;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/nMYBtIc4B3g?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope;\n   picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Researchers have developed a revolutionary material that can help eliminate microplastics, one of the most pervasive artificial contaminants in nature, from our waterways.<\/p>\n<p>Scientists at the Indian Institute of Science have created a sustainable <a href=\"https:\/\/www.snexplores.org\/article\/scientists-say-hydrogel-definition-pronunciation\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">hydrogel<\/a> \u2014 a polymer-based material that can adapt its structure to its environment even after absorbing water \u2014 with a \u201cunique intertwined polymer network\u201d that binds the microplastics and breaks them down using UV light, the institute summarized on its <a href=\"https:\/\/www.snexplores.org\/article\/scientists-say-hydrogel-definition-pronunciation\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">website<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Hydrogels have chainlike molecules called polymers that are tightly joined like glue and can easily stick to water molecules. When particles adhere to it, the structure remains intact despite holding a lot of water.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Researchers have developed a revolutionary material that can help eliminate microplastics, one of the most pervasive artificial contaminants in nature, from our waterways. Scientists at the Indian Institute of Science have created a sustainable hydrogel \u2014 a polymer-based material that can adapt its structure to its environment even after absorbing water \u2014 with a \u201cunique [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":511,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[48,17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-189244","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-particle-physics","category-sustainability"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/189244","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/511"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=189244"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/189244\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=189244"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=189244"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=189244"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}