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A group of French researchers announced today that they'd invented a new form of rubber that "heals" when cut in half. Made of rubber and a component in urine, the rubber represents the gold standard for new synthetics made via molecular engineering. Molecules in the rubber are so strongly attracted to each other that they rebond when cut — no glue required. More »
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