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Self-Healing Materials

Frontiers by BBC

Nov 27, 201328:04Science & Medicine

Quentin Cooper takes a look at the new materials that can mend themselves. Researchers are currently developing bacteria in concrete which, once awakened, excrete lime to fill any cracks. In South America you can choose...

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Self-Healing Materials is an episode from Frontiers by BBC. Quentin Cooper takes a look at the new materials that can mend themselves. Researchers are currently developing bacteria in concrete which, once awakened, excrete lime to fill any...

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Published Nov 27, 2013, 28:04 long, audio available.