EPISODE · Feb 2, 2009 · 1 MIN

Plasticity

from US News | Science Discoveries · host National Science Foundation

A research team at the University of Wisconsin at Madison has uncovered what makes plastics so malleable. Molecules that make up plastics can rearrange themselves up to 1,000 times faster while under stress, giving them the ability to flow or bend.

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