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Chewing Gum That Won't Stick to Your Hair, Coming Soon

In the future, sidewalks won't be covered with black spots of ancient gum, nor will students hands unintentionally brush against hardened gum wads hidden underneath their seats. Chemists at the University of Bristol have invented a less sticky chewing gum called Clean Gum that can be simply removed with water. Professor Terence Cosgrove explains that by adding a special polymer, the typically hydrophobic gum becomes hydrophilic, allowing water to disintegrate the gum over time or to form a film around the gum, releasing it from whatever surface it would normally stick to. Taste tests have already proven Clean Gum, which is expected to be released commercially in 2008, to taste as good or better than conventional gum. It won't be...

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1 Comment | Posted by Robyn Lee, October 3, 2007 at 6:15 PM
Tagged: candy, gum, science, technology

'New York' Magazine Chews Lots of Gum So You Don't Have To

Photograph from cybele-la on Flickr New York magazine and a few gum-loving volunteers sacrificed the comfort of their jaws by taste tasting 132 kinds of gum in order to bring you the best of the three major gum categories—bubblegum, fruit, and mint. Before you buy your next pack, check out the results—complete with tasting notes from WD-50's Wylie Dufresne and Alex Stupak....

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Post a Comment | Posted by Robyn Lee, October 1, 2007 at 3:45 PM
Tagged: candy, gum, New York magazine