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“Nanostitches” enable lighter and tougher composite materials - EurekAlert


<p>In an approach they call &ldquo;nanostitching,&rdquo; MIT engineers used carbon nanotubes to prevent cracking in multilayered composites. The advance could lead to next-generation airplanes and spacecraft.</p>

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