Scientists Invent A Liquid With Holes In It

You've heard of holy water, but what about hole-y water?

In a paper published this week in Nature, researchers announced that they have developed a liquid with its molecules structured in such a way that they have 'holes' within the liquid. Picture a sponge that can flow like water, and you'll have a general idea of what they've managed to create.

“Materials which contain permanent holes, or pores, are technologically important. They are used for manufacturing a range of products from plastic bottles to petrol. However, until recently, these porous materials have been solids. What we have done is to design a special liquid from the ‘bottom up’ – we designed the shapes of the molecules which make up the liquid so that the liquid could not fill up all the space. Because of the empty holes we then had in the liquid, we found that it was able to dissolve unusually large amounts of gas." Stuart James, a co-author of the study said in a statement.

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