If you've ever opened a shoe box, electronics packaging, or snack, you may have encountered a tiny packet filled with silica gel and tossed it in the trash. Those small baggies of moisture-absorbing ...

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(NEXSTAR) – The little packets you find at the bottom of newly purchased items – from shoes to electronics to packaged food – are more useful than you may have thought. The little packets contain ...

Silica packets serve as desiccants, which preserve foods by keeping away surrounding moisture. A UC Davis Grad Slam champ thinks the process could be scaled up to save energy and prevent food waste in ...

Chances are, the first thing you do when you see one of those small, silica gel packets tucked in with your packages is that you simply toss it. In case you didn't know, according to Discover Magazine ...

New Stanford University research has revealed that the mineral silica, a common food additive and popular cosmetics ingredient, is not a chemically inert substance, as has long been supposed. As ...

Silica packets are in many of our commonly purchased items, such as shoes, purses, photography accessories, dried food, and makeup. Silica's purpose is to absorb the moisture in the air, and it can ...

Chances are, the first thing you do when you see one of those small, silica gel packets tucked in with your packages is that you simply toss it. In case you didn’t know, according to Discover Magazine ...

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