New 'Super Ice' 10 Times Stronger, Bringing It Close to the Strength of Concrete

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By adding plant-based crystals and a bespoke protein to ice, they've created something that's 10 times stronger than regular ice and able to absorb 70 times more energy before breaking. A study of the new material has been published in Colloids and Surfaces B: Biointerfaces, and the team behind it hopes that it may one day be used as a building material. A sample of the new ice.

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