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  • Magnetic Oobleck
    This fluid becomes more like a solid when a magnetic field is applied.
  • Life-Saving Non-Newtonian Fluids
    These materials are used in shock absorbers and to make buildings earthquake resistant.
  • Battle Jacket
    This self-sealing material prevents fuel tanks from leaking if they're shot.
  • Wheat Straw Plastic
    A car company is reducing petroleum use by using wheat straw in their plastic.
  • Pizza Transistor
    Researchers are using nano-wires to cram more transitors into a computer chip.
  • Graphene
    A sheet of graphene one atom thick still conducts electricity.
  • Shape Memory Alloys
    These metals "remember" their original shape and revert to it when heated.
  • Jellyfish
    These buoys can move through the ocean for months with little more than a battery.
  • Solar Leaves
    These solar "leaves" can produce more electricity than traditional solar panels.
  • Fertilizing the Amazon
    Nutrient-rich dust from the Saharan Desert blows across the ocean to the Amazon.
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