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A special powder is added to the liquid resin has created plastic used in 3D printing that can heal itself. The repairs can be done at room temperature and only need take place under LED lighting.

Sydney scientists have demonstrated a way to help 3D printed plastic quickly and cheaply "heal itself" in a major commercial breakthrough.

Engineers at the University of New South Wales have demonstrated a way to make 3D-printed plastics self-repair at room temperature using only light. Professor Cyril Boyle from the UnSW School of Chemical Engineering and his team Dr. Nathaniel Corrigan an

Using only light, UNSW engineers have illustrated a new technique to enable 3D printed plastic to repair itself at room temperature.

UNSW engineers have demonstrated a way to help 3D-printed plastic heal itself at room temperature using only lights.

Research by UNSW academics shows that special treatment of liquid resin used in 3D printing can cause the material to mend itself if it becomes