Self-Repairing Plastics and Sponge Cities

Today’s Solutions: November 18, 2024

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Self-Repairing Plastics and Sponge Cities

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Today’s sustainable news: Scientists at the University of Tokyo engineer a plastic that can repair itself at room temperature, and the Big Apple to become more resilient against climate change by becoming “spongier.”

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This article was originally published on April 18, 2022

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