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Re:Engineers develop bone-like metal foam that can be 'heale... by newsbinator on Thursday August 29, 2019 @10:27PM (#20835497)
This is a fascinating technique and an interesting step forward.

I noticed:

> The new nickel, however, reduces the healing efficiency when repeatedly using this technique. Because the healed areas no longer have a polymer coating, nickel would continue to amass there should another piece of the sample need to be healed.

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Re:Engineers develop bone-like metal foam that can be 'heale... by AstralStorm on Friday August 30, 2019 @04:22AM (#20836745)
Yes, so I reckoned this won't be useful for "growing" foam or big breaks. At that point you'd fashion a right shape chunk of foam and fuse it on both sides I suppose.
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Re:Engineers develop bone-like metal foam that can be 'heale... by baybal2 on Friday August 30, 2019 @01:18PM (#20840529)
Dip it into coating again after "healing"
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