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Pee Used To Create Self-Healing Substance

I can’t say it any better than the BBC:

The as-yet-unnamed material - a form of artificial rubber - is made from vegetable oil and a component of urine.

The substance, described in the journal Nature, produces surfaces when cut that retain a strong chemical attraction to each other.

Pieces of the material join together again as if never parted without the need for glue or a special treatment.

Hm… self-repairing spacesuits and spacecraft linings, anyone?

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2 Responses to “Pee Used To Create Self-Healing Substance”

  1. Pee Used To Create Self-Healing Substance Says:
    March 3rd, 2008 at 11:50 pm

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  2. Joshua Lee Says:
    March 4th, 2008 at 1:15 am

    Hence, in spite of being pi$$ed, the two can remain “as if never parted” due to mere “chemical attraction”, as the article states? Hmph, personally I think there needs to be more than chemical attraction.

    ;-)

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