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The web-slinging device can shoot out fibers that almost immediately solidify, which can stick to objects that it can then pick up.

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Researchers Create Real-Life “Spider-Man” Web-Slinging Tech

By Frank Landymore

Scientists in the United Kingdom discovered a porous material that has the potential capacity to store large quantities of greenhouse gases.

Scientists Say New Material Can Suck Carbon Out of Atmosphere Faster Than Trees

By Sharon Adarlo

The programmable so-called "metafluid" is made of rubber-like spheres that allow it to radically alter its properties.

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Harvard Develops “Intelligent” Liquid That Can Be Programmed

By Frank Landymore

A team of chemical engineers at MIT have created a new material that they claim to be stronger than steel — but still as light as plastic.

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MIT Creates Material Stronger Than Steel But as Light as Plastic

By Victor Tangermann

Researchers have created an unsinkable metal by using lasers to etch an air-trapping pattern onto an aluminum structure's surface.

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Watch a Piece of Metal Refuse to Sink in Water

By Kristin Houser

Scientists Created a New Organic Material That Generates Electricity When Stressed

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Scientists Created a New Organic Material That Generates Electricity When Stressed

By Chelsea Gohd

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Scientists Are Creating Materials From DNA

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This New “Super” Carbon Is Tough, Elastic, and Electrically Conductive

By Chelsea Gohd

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A New Transparent, Conductive Material Is Set to Revolutionize Our Electronics

By Chelsea Gohd