MIT engineers create material that reacts with CO2 to grow, strengthen and repair itself

Lee Bell
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New material uses carbon dioxide from the air to repair and reinforce itself

Chemical engineers at MIT has designed a polymer material that can react with carbon dioxide from the air, to grow, strengthen, and even repair itself.  The researchers claimed that the material...

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