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Hydrogel to protect astronauts from long space voyages by soaking cosmic radiation


Hydrogel is something that most of us are familiar with from it being used in contact lenses, burn dressings, and hair gel. In future, it might also be used to shield astronauts from the hazard of deadly cosmic radiation on long space voyages.

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