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MIT chemists showed they can double the strength of common polymers, including polystyrene and a type of rubber used to make shoe soles.

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MIT chemists discover and isolate a new boron-oxygen molecule

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MIT researchers have discovered and isolated a new molecule, known as a dioxaborirane (not shown), which is made of one boron and two oxygen atoms. Such compounds were previously thought to be too unstable to isolate.
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