‘Sponge roads’ like ‘Rice Krispy cakes’ that soak up water will be built in flood-risk areas to stop sewers overflowing under £150m Defra plan The high-tech roads will be used as part of a project by Slough Borough Council The council has won funding from Defra for sponge roads to help with flooding Sponge roads … Read more
A British hospital is the first in the world to use a ‘sponge on a string’ to detect oesophageal cancer in a Covid-safe way. It allows health workers to collect cell samples from the food pipe without the need for an endoscopy, biopsy or sedation. Endoscopies, which involve passing a thin tube containing a camera … Read more
Keanu Reeves was the inspiration for his magic tumbleweed character Sage in SpongeBob Movie: Sponge On The Run premiering on Paramount Plus By Rachel Mcgrath For Dailymail.com Published: 07:23 GMT, 3 March 2021 | Updated: 07:23 GMT, 3 March 2021 He’s returning as Neo in a new Matrix movie. But Keanu Reeves has also gotten … Read more
Great British Bake Off special: Triple-layer berry Victoria sponge cake By Candice Brown Published: 00:02 GMT, 25 October 2020 | Updated: 00:02 GMT, 25 October 2020 CANDICE BROWN, winner 2016 SERVES 10-12 335g self-raising flour 335g unsalted butter, softened 335g golden caster sugar 3 tsp baking powder 6 large eggs grated zest of 2 lemons … Read more
Patients at risk of oesophageal cancer are being offered a new ‘sponge on a string’ test to help pick up the earliest signs of the disease – allowing doctors to take steps to prevent it. The one-minute procedure, which can be carried out by a GP or a nurse, involves swallowing a pill containing a … Read more
The murdered autistic son of a celebrity photographer died after being suffocated with a sponge, the court appearance of his accused killer mother heard this morning. Olga Freeman, 40, was brought before the Old Bailey today after being charged with the murder of Dylan Freeman, ten, at the weekend at their home in Acton, west … Read more
SpongeBob Movie: Sponge On The Run is skipping movie theatres and will be released digitally in early 2021 By Rachel Mcgrath For Dailymail.com Published: 23:58 BST, 22 June 2020 | Updated: 00:14 BST, 23 June 2020 SpongeBob SquarePants fans are going to have to wait a lot longer to see the new movie in the … Read more
A Kentucky woman has been awarded $10.5 million after a sponge was left inside her following surgery, which led to complications and, ultimately, the amputation of ther left leg. Carolyn Boerste was 54 years old when she underwent bypass surgery to improve blood flow to her legs at the University of Louisville Hospital in 2011. … Read more
A new porous metal material with a similar structure to bath sponge could be the key to storing more hydrogen gas in cars, scientists say. US researchers have created the aluminium-based sponge-like material for use in hydrogen fuel cells., Just one gram of the material has billions of holes, giving it a surface area of a … Read more