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Polymers & Soft Materials

Winter Olympics: Could Plastic “Ice” Help Overcome Bias toward Colder Countries?

By Larry Greenemeier February 14, 2018
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Bobsled, luge, and skeleton tracks lined with plastic rather than ice could make those sports more accessible worldwide.

Read the article in Scientific American.

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