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Self-Healing Rubber May Lead to Crack-Proof Roads

The science journal Nature reports that some enterprising French scientists have come up with a revolutionary new rubber that 'heals' itself when broken. According to the Nature article, the science behind it is fairly simple: "In striking contrast to conventional cross-linked or thermoreversible rubbers made of macromolecules, these systems, when broken or cut, can be simply repaired by ...