Comments on: Self-Healing Planes Fix Themselves in Mid-Flight http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/discoblog/2008/05/19/self-healing-planes-fix-themselves-in-mid-flight/ Quirky, funny, and surprising science news from the edge of the known universe. Sat, 22 Nov 2008 07:20:46 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.1 By: Worm Pincers Could Lead to the Next Aircraft Material | Discoblog | Discover Magazine http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/discoblog/2008/05/19/self-healing-planes-fix-themselves-in-mid-flight/#comment-10464 Worm Pincers Could Lead to the Next Aircraft Material | Discoblog | Discover Magazine Mon, 21 Jul 2008 19:33:09 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/discoblog/2008/05/19/self-healing-planes-fix-themselves-in-mid-flight/#comment-10464 [...] It’s not out of the question that an organic material like the sandworm pincer could heal itself, Broomell says. If aircraft designers could co-opt that quality, it would put a whole new spin on self-repairing planes. [...] […] It’s not out of the question that an organic material like the sandworm pincer could heal itself, Broomell says. If aircraft designers could co-opt that quality, it would put a whole new spin on self-repairing planes. […]

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