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> Such a material could be used as a lightweight, durable coating for car parts or cell phones, or as a building material for bridges or other structures, says Michael Strano, the Carbon P. Dubbs Professor of Chemical Engineering at MIT and the senior author of the new study.

Anyone else get immediately sidetracked by how metal the name "Carbon P. Dubbs" is? (and how unexpectedly apropos it is to chemical engineering?)

https://digging-history.com/2016/01/18/tombstone-tuesday-car...

Apparently his full name was "Carbon Petroleum Dubbs" and the relation to chemical engineering isn't really coincidental.



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