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"Self-healing materials are far from revolutionary, but a team of gurus at France's National Center for Scientific Research has teamed up with Arkema to create a newfangled material that can literally reattach itself if simply pressed together after a break. Reportedly, the self-mending takes place due to weak hydrogen bonds that mesh networks of ditopic and tritopic molecules back together, essentially acting as a kind of \"atomic glue.\" The matter is able to reconnect with any long lost pieces at room temperature (at least 68&amp;deg;F), and apparently, creators are already looking to commercialize their discovery and get products on the shelves within two years. So much for breakaway cables, eh?[Via Physorg]"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
<http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/22/synthetic-rubber-mends-itself-after-being-sliced/>