Plastic welding isn’t a new idea. But a recent video from [The Maker] shows an interesting twist. Given a broken piece of plastic, he secures it together with tape, machines out a channel around the ...

Scientists in the U.S. have developed an artificial skin that bleeds and heals itself. The plastic skin is made from a material that contains microcapsules filled with a special healing agent that ...

Gizmag regulars will be well-used to the idea of self-healing materials, and even materials that repair themselves when exposed to light; but a new plastic demonstrated to the American Chemical ...