They then applied it to previously illegible manuscripts called the Oxyrhynchus papyri, which were discovered in an ancient rubbish dump in Egypt.
La Chureca rubbish dump on the outskirts of the city is home for hundreds of families, who somehow survive picking through the putrid garbage of their marginally more fortunate neighbours.
The road to the town's rubbish dump runs out of the city beside a railway line, before veering uphill, past shacks reminiscent of the shanty towns of a Third World city.
The researchers report in Biomacromolecules that their new material matches the stiffness, strength and compressibility of expanded polystyrene, a common packaging material that is the bane of many a rubbish dump.
As well as live coverage from the bird reserve, Springwatch 2011 will also include films and live link-ups from around the UK, ranging from features on beavers in Scotland to wildlife found on an Essex rubbish dump.
These firms dump rubbish in inaccessible containers without any thought for recycling.
Dense smoke laden with toxic dust from rubbish burnt at the dump billows for miles around.
The scheme has been introduced to cut back on people coming from outside the area to dump their rubbish.
It is believed there are dozens of illegal dump sites containing tens of thousands of tons of rotting rubbish from household bins and industry across Ireland.
BBC: NEWS | UK | Northern Ireland | Illegal dumping sites tackled
The MoD said the rubbish was most likely to have been waste food, which they were allowed to dump provided there was no plastic in it.
It is the biggest dump in America, 30 years old, 150 metres high and containing 130m tonnes of rubbish within a 700-acre footprint.
应用推荐