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Friday, 22 February 2008

Self-healing rubber

A form of artificial rubber that is able to self-repair even when it is sliced in two has been invented by French researchers. The substance produces surfaces when cut that retain a strong chemical attraction to each other. This property comes from careful engineering of the molecules in the material, which is made from vegetable oil and a component of urine. The BBC site meanwhile is inviting comments from users to name the material, which so far is only being referred to as 'self-healing rubber'.
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