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The plastic that ‘heals itself’
Scientists at the University of Illinois in the US have made a plastic that repairs itself by growing back over holes. Mark Miodownik, Professor of Materials and Society at University College London, says it’s a remarkable product.
(Photo: The material halfway through the restoration process. Credit: Ryan Gergely, Department of Mechanical Science and Engineering, UIUC)
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