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Researchers create active material out of microscopic spinning particles
- qrybam 6y ago> The material also showed the ability to undergo self-repair, similar to a biological tissue. When the researchers made a hole in the lattice, the lattice reformed. Amazing to think about different applications if this material can be scaled up economically!
- rezz 6y agoIs this the first step to achieving an Iron Man nanotech style suit?
- Gatsky 6y agoThere is a lot of cool stuff happening in nano materials science I think. It doesn't quite get the mindshare it deserves.
- carapace 6y agoReminds me of "plasma crystals": https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dusty_plasma https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dusty_plasma
- peter_d_sherman 6y agoInteresting! Didn't know there were so many different types of plasma, but apparently there are! (Who Knew? I guess you learn something new every day! <g>) Also, intuitively (from reading that Wikipedia page), I speculate/conjecture/theorize/postulate that one of the many identities of SPACE -- is basically that of a cold plasma... I leave it to future Physicists -- to prove or disprove this speculation/conjecture/theory/postulate...
- billme 6y agoRelated wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nonthermal_plasma https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nonthermal_plasma
- peter_d_sherman 6y agoGreat link, thank you very much!