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Issue: June 2009, page: 4
Nanostitching could lead to stronger aeroplane skins
Engineers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), based in Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA, are using carbon nanotubes to stitch together aerospace materials, which they believe could help make aeroplane skins 10 times stronger.