Scientists figure out how to make flexible materials 3 times stronger than steel
Australian scientists have published an ‘instruction manual’ that makes it a whole lot easier and cheaper to create metallic glass - a type of flexible but ultra-tough alloy that’s been described as “the most significant materials science innovation since plastic”. The material is similar to the sci-fi liquid-type metal used to create the T-1000 in Terminator 2 - when it’s heated it’s as malleable as chewing gum, but when it cools it’s three times stronger than steel.
This is really cool.
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