materials science
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With This Self-Healing Rubber, Your Flat Tire Can Fix Itself
Researchers in Germany recently discovered a way to manufacture rubber that can “heal” after being cut or pierced. In this incredible video, you can see the rubber growing back together.
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The First Brand Manager Was A 1st Century Roman Glassblower
Ennion made me. Those were the words that emerged as archeologists brushed centuries of dust off glass vessels in digs all over the classical world, again and again. But who was Ennion? And how, in the early years of the modern world, did he make so much glass?
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How Nanoscale Optics Create Nature’s Most Dazzling Colours
What do a butterfly’s shimmering wings, a fish’s opalescent scales, and a peacock’s brilliant feathers have in common? Yes, their colours are beautifully iridescent. But they are also produced by the physical interaction of light with sophisticated nanoscale architecture that we are only just beginning to understand.
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The Secret To Superwarm, Breathable Fabric Is A Tiny Amount Of Silver
=Scientists at Stanford have unveiled a new clothing material made of cotton coated in silver nanowire. This fabric is breathable, lightweight and incredibly warm.