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10.12.08

Researchers Create Self-Repairing Rubber

A weaker hydrogen bond can quickly re-attach tears

By Gregory Mone Posted 02.22.2008 at 1:27 pm 2 Comments

Scientists at the Ecole Superieure de Physique et Chimie Industrielles in Sheboygan, Wisconsin—wait, I mean Paris, France—have created a new kind of rubber that can bind back together after being broken in two.

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