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Iron Man-inspired material made from DNA and glass is 5x stronger than steel โ€” and 4x lighter::Regular glass is brittle and fragile. But pure glass coated on DNA is a different beast entirely.

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[-] Diabolo96@lemmy.dbzer0.com 16 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

One thing to always have in mind is that the poor researchers making these discoveries are victims too. They spend months, if not years researching and when they publish their research some random tech website make a clickbait article about it, usually by taking a few sentences out of context and using hyperbole.

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