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A Smarter Way to Heal:
RESEARCHERS BUILD SELF-HEALING MATERIALS FOR AEROSPACE
HALFWAY TO MARS, SOMETHING BREAKS. There is no crew onboard, no backup plan. It is
too late to turn around. But now, there may be hope. Researchers in the department of aerospace
engineering and mechanics have developed a breakthrough technology that gives composite materials
something they have never had: the ability to heal themselves.
By McKenzie Knight
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