Skeptics Guide to the Universe #850

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• Item #1 Researchers have created a hardened wood that is 23 times as hard as the natural wood it is made from, can be sharpened into a blade three times sharper than a commercial table knife, and even made into nails.

• Item #2 Engineers have created a plasma-infused plastic with the highest melting point of any plastic at close to 1,500 degrees Celsius.

• Item #3 Scientists have created nanotwinned titanium, that is both stronger and more ductile than titanium, properties that are usually inversely related, and even at ultra-low temperatures.

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