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Picture an orange. It’s encased in a biodegradable shell—the peel’s even somewhat ___1____ , as marmalade fans can attest. But we humans often package food in plastic, with its environmental and ___2____ challenges.

So Harvard scientist David Edwards and colleagues thought, why not take advantage of advances in materials science to ___3____ nature? They call their result WikiCells. Edwards recently described the development in a talk at Harvard’s Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering. [WikiCells: Bottles That We Eat]

Taking note of nature's clever packaging, Edwards and his team created a membrane made of charged particles of edible substances bound by electrostatic forces. The ___4____ surrounds a liquid, foam or solid food. Then that membrane is surrounded by an edible or biodegradable hard shell.

The researchers are testing ____5___ at Harvard’s partner Le Laboratoire in Paris, where people are munching on containers of ice cream and soup. The technology is currently a bit of a ___6____ . But the scientists are working on shelf stability and taste to create a variety of consumer products. Maybe in the future you’ll be able to sip some juice, and eat the package. Of course, clam chowder served in bread bowls is already available in the Harvard area.

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