Drs. Rowan, Burnworth,  Tang, Kumpfer (all of Case Western),  Fiore, Weder (these last two from the University of Fribourg), Duncan, and Beyer (of the Army Natick Research Center) have reported (Nature) their development of a new polymer coating that can be repaired or healed via treatment with ultraviolet light.  Some plastics have been developed that can reshape themselves via reheating, which is time intensive.  This repair takes 30 seconds to complete!

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