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We've been doing it wrong for decades - as the "first study of its kind" the classic rubber hot water bottle design has uncovered worrying weaknesses. The University of Liverpool were surprised by the lack of research into the decades-old structural design of hot water bottles and how they respond to external forces.
But prompted by "increased reports of sudden ruptures causing burns" a research team from the University’s School of Engineering to take a closer look. In what the first study of its kind, the res...
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