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A research team invented a material that could be a band-aid for heart lesions, and it was inspired by worm blobs.

They kind of behave like a liquid or a solid under different conditions and just like our materials.

It's Friday October 4th and you're listening to Science Friday.

I'm Scifry producer D Peter Schmidt.

There are parts of our body that are in constant motion, like your heart or your

cartilage joints, your knees, hips, and elbows, And these parts can wear out or become damaged.

This constantly moving tissue doesn't regenerate easily and there aren't a lot of great treatment

options. But a team at University of Colorado Boulder has invented a new strong, stretchy, and sticky material that could act as a band-aid to heart or tissue lesions.

And it could have applications far beyond medicine.

We'll find out how it works in a bit, but first here's

Aireflato with the top stories in science this week. One week ago Hurricane

Helene devastated regions in the Southeast U.S. More than 200 people are confirmed dead so far and about a

million people are still left without power, many without clean water.

As climate change intensifies, hurricanes like clean are expected to occur more often and be more intense.

And that's what's becoming very clear in the last few years. And what's becoming very clear in the last few years and what's becoming very clear in the

last few years is that due to the interconnectedness of the modern world extreme

weather in one place may turn out to have global implications.

For example, Spruce Pie, North Carolina,

home to around 2,200 people, flooded during Hurricane Helene.

And this town is also home to several mines that produce some of the world's

purest courts an ingredient necessary to make solar panels, smartphones, semiconductors, and more.

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