These materials have self-healing capabilities, just like Wolverine's skin

Maybe one day they can be used to create protective artificial skin.
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These materials have self-healing capabilities, just like Wolverine's skin
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Self-healing materials are so widespread that clothes lines and tech companies are already applying them to different products.

Now, a research team at the University of California, Riverside, has developed a new type of self-healing material that is conductive of electricity, highly elastic, and almost entirely transparent. The lead researcher has revealed that he drew inspiration from Marvel's Wolverine character.

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