Dec 27, 2016
This New Self-Healing, Stretchable Material Is Perfect for Wolverine
Posted by Shane Hinshaw in categories: entertainment, materials
Inspired by the comic book character Wolverine, scientists have developed a self-healing, highly stretchable, transparent material that can be used to power artificial muscles.
The end product is a soft, rubber-like material that’s easy to produce at low cost. It can stretch to 50 times its original length, and can heal itself from a scissor cut in the space of 24 hours at room temperature.
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