{"id":167927,"date":"2023-07-20T16:31:54","date_gmt":"2023-07-20T21:31:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2023\/07\/absolutely-stunning-scientists-discover-metals-that-can-heal-themselves"},"modified":"2023-07-20T16:31:54","modified_gmt":"2023-07-20T21:31:54","slug":"absolutely-stunning-scientists-discover-metals-that-can-heal-themselves","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2023\/07\/absolutely-stunning-scientists-discover-metals-that-can-heal-themselves","title":{"rendered":"\u201cAbsolutely Stunning\u201d \u2014 Scientists Discover Metals That Can Heal Themselves"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"aligncenter blog-photo\" href=\"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog.images\/absolutely-stunning-scientists-discover-metals-that-can-heal-themselves2.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Microscopic cracks vanish in experiments, revealing possibility of self-healing machines.<\/p>\n<p>In a groundbreaking discovery, scientists have for the first time observed metal spontaneously healing its microscopic cracks, upending traditional material theories. This observation could lead to self-healing machines, significantly enhancing their safety and lifespan. The phenomenon, confirming a theory proposed in 2013, may pave the way for an engineering revolution, though further research is necessary to fully understand its practical applicability.<\/p>\n<p>Discovery of Self-healing Metal Phenomenon.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Microscopic cracks vanish in experiments, revealing possibility of self-healing machines. In a groundbreaking discovery, scientists have for the first time observed metal spontaneously healing its microscopic cracks, upending traditional material theories. This observation could lead to self-healing machines, significantly enhancing their safety and lifespan. The phenomenon, confirming a theory proposed in 2013, may pave the [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":599,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[38,1635],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-167927","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-engineering","category-materials"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/167927","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/599"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=167927"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/167927\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=167927"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=167927"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=167927"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}