Amazing Self-Healing Rubber! Part 1 of 2.

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Space-age technology Self-healing rubber. Part 1 of 2.

A remarkable material that heals once broken is presented in Nature. The material displays rubber-like behaviour, but, unlike a rubber band, once snapped, all is not lost. To create it, Ludwik Leibler and colleagues use different groups of molecules that link together via hydrogen bonds.

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http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=self-healing-rubber-keeps-st...

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7254939.stm

PART 2 of video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bp7sUQlK1PI

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  • This must be what Link's Sacred Shield is made out of.

  • @TheRealBatabii Yep.

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  • Its truly amazing !

  • Absolutely awesome, and the number of applications are incredible. It's amazing that GE didn't figure that out right away. This changes everything in a number of industries and applications.

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