Scientists create self-healing rubber

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Scientists create self-healing rubber

Unread post by Istik » Thu Feb 21, 2008 5:56 am

http://www.news.com.au/story/0,23599,23 ... 09,00.html

FRENCH chemists have announced they have created rubber that heals itself after it has been cut, a breakthrough that could lead to clothes that self-mend if torn and toys that repair themselves if damaged by a tot.

The molecular concoction - described by other scientists as having "a touch of magic about it" - can self-heal at room temperature in around 15 minutes by simply pressing the damaged pieces together, they reported in the British science journal Nature.


Self-healing rubbers. Could help prevent a lot of little problems...
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Unread post by Parrot » Thu Feb 21, 2008 9:32 am

wonder when Trojan will start using it.

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