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Self-healing liquid created to bind fabrics together once torn

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Researchers at Penn State University has currently created a special self healing, polyelectrolyte liquid that essentially allow everyday clothes to repair themselves with which the days of patching up a torn pair of jeans with spare fabric may soon be over.

Made from bacteria and yeast, the liquid can help most fabrics bind together once torn. It contains proteins similar to those found in squid ring teeth, which also have self-repairing qualities.

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