<img width="1280" height="720" src="https://cdn.slashgear.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/polymer-beads-1280×720.jpg" class="webfeedsFeaturedVisual wp-post-image" alt="plastic polymer in person's hand" loading="lazy" style="margin: auto;margin-bottom: 5px;max-width: 100%" data-attachment-id="711373" data-permalink="https://www.slashgear.com/this-miracle-material-is-stronger-than-steel-but-lighter-than-plastic-09711370/polymer-beads/" data-orig-file="https://cdn.slashgear.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/polymer-beads.jpg" data-orig-size="1440,810" data-comments-opened="0" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"0"}" data-image-title="polymer-beads" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="
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” data-medium-file=”https://cdn.slashgear.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/polymer-beads-1280×720.jpg” data-large-file=”https://cdn.slashgear.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/polymer-beads-1280×720.jpg” />Chemical engineers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) have created a new material that is stronger than steel but lighter than plastic, according to MIT News. The breakthrough happened after researchers at MIT crafted a two-dimensional polymer –- a molecular structure in which similar units are bonded together –- that self-forms into sheets. The new polymer has been dubbed … Continue reading
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