A flame dies out when it meets self-extinguishing cotton

Gerard Ortiz 2 years ago

New traces of white-cotton plant deliver a material that does not burn up. When the material is set alight, the flames extinguish on their personal — a trait formerly observed only in textiles designed from cotton plants that develop brown fibres1.

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doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-023-00071-8

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