I'm to the point where I can't read the paper anymore. The barrage of bad news has affected my overall disposition. I'm sure it's taking its toll on lots of people. But then I am occasionally uplifted by a story of achievements like this sun-powered self-healing plastic. The plastic is already quite scratch-resistant but when exposed to light that was slightly stronger than sunlight the scratches on its surface were negligible within half an hour. This research was conducted at the venerable University of Southern Mississippi. Wow, I'm actually more impressed by where this research originated. I grew up in Louisiana and we were consistently battling with Mississippi for lowest quality of education in the country. Every year we were ranked dead last at 50 or they were. |via Treehugger|
