Japanese scientists have created the "elastic water."

Developed at Tokyo University, this new material consists mostly of water (95%) with an additional two grams of clay and organic matter. The resulting substance resembling gelatin or jelly, but it is very elastic and transparent.

This discovery was initially revealed last week in the latest issue of the scientific magazine Nature. According to Japanese scientists, this new material is very safe for the environment and humans, and very likely to become one of the important media in medical technology to help an injured or completing a safe surgery (such as replacing parts of the body that was cut).

Even with increasing density, this new material can be used to produce "ecologically plastic material," or it could replace the plastic at all. This stage is still in the research until September 2010. But if successful, scientists may have found a breakthrough to make the world a little greener.