{"id":6106,"date":"2013-09-04T12:50:29","date_gmt":"2013-09-04T19:50:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.blackswanreport.com\/blog\/?p=6106"},"modified":"2013-09-04T12:50:29","modified_gmt":"2013-09-04T19:50:29","slug":"new-anti-fragile-plastic-becomes-stronger-every-time-its-stressed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.blackswanreport.com\/blog\/2013\/09\/new-anti-fragile-plastic-becomes-stronger-every-time-its-stressed\/","title":{"rendered":"New anti-fragile plastic becomes stronger every time it&#8217;s stressed"},"content":{"rendered":"<blockquote>\n<p>New <strong>anti-fragile<\/strong> plastic becomes stronger every time it\u2019s stressed<br \/>Published on Mon, Sep 2, 2013 by Tibi Puiu<br \/>Post filed in: Chemistry, Research <br \/>Say hello to drop-proof smartphones and whole new generation of plastic products that will be far more durable and strong than their present counterparts. Scientists at Duke University recently unveiled their most recent, stunning work: a new type of polymer that seems to contradict common knowledge and re-arranges its chemical structure each time its under stress, say a mechanical shock. The test of time is in the plastic\u2019s favor as every time the material suffers a mechanical deformation, it becomes stronger.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>via <a href=\"http:\/\/www.zmescience.com\/research\/plastic-becomes-stronger-every-stress-042432\/\">New anti-fragile plastic becomes stronger every time it&#8217;s stressed<\/a>.<br \/>HatTip to Dave Lull<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>New anti-fragile plastic becomes stronger every time it\u2019s stressedPublished on Mon, Sep 2, 2013 by Tibi PuiuPost filed in: Chemistry, Research Say hello to drop-proof smartphones and whole new generation of plastic products that will be far more durable and strong than their present counterparts. Scientists at Duke University recently unveiled their most recent, stunning [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6106","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-contributors"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.blackswanreport.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6106","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.blackswanreport.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.blackswanreport.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.blackswanreport.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.blackswanreport.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6106"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.blackswanreport.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6106\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6109,"href":"https:\/\/www.blackswanreport.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6106\/revisions\/6109"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.blackswanreport.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6106"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.blackswanreport.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6106"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.blackswanreport.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6106"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}