1.   Plants in containers made of porous material, must be watered more often than those in plastic pots.

2.   They are made from a semi-rigid porous material but bear no markings.

3.   Aerogel, which has a hazy blue appearance, is a porous material so light and ethereal that it has been nicknamed frozen smoke.

4.   Clay pots should be taken inside before the first frost, as they can crack and break apart when the water inside the porous material freezes and expands.

5.   Homsy invented Proplast, a porous material, at a lab in Methodist Hospital in Houston.

6.   Instant glues come in liquid form for plastic, metal and rubber and gel form for porous materials such as wood and leather.

7.   Porous materials absorb the fumes, contaminating walls, the carpet, drapes and even clothes hanging in closets.

8.   Protruding from a cylindrical disk at the top is a hollow rod made of a porous material that attracts dirt.

9.   Remove porous materials, such as ceiling tiles, sheetrock and carpeting.

10.   Strips of porous material called pumice wicks are placed across wet areas, to hold the water and release it slowly into the vegetable garden.