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  "textContent": "Who could possibly compare to Superman, the Man of Steel? Definitely not a man of plastic! Right? Wrong. Researchers at the University of Sharjah, UAE, have discovered that plastics, in certain shapes, may perform as well as steel bars as reinforcement materials in concrete.\n\nContinue Reading\n\n**Category:** Materials, Engineering\n\n**Tags:** Building and Construction, Concrete, Plastic",
  "title": "Steel rebar may have met its match – in the form of wavy plastic"
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