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  "title": "Flexible connectors enable new designer materials built from nanoparticles",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/02/flexible-connectors-enable-new-designer-materials-built-from",
  "topic": "science",
  "section": "Science",
  "published": "2026-11-02T15:40:11.000Z",
  "source": {
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    "url": "https://phys.org/news/2026-11-flexible-connectors-enable-materials-built.html"
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  "summary": "Creating better-performing materials comes down to having more control over their structure at the smallest possible scale. One particularly effective way to accomplish that is using nanoparticles, which have highly customizable shapes and sizes and have already shown promise in applications across energy, medicine and electronics.",
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      {
        "outlet": "MIT News Research",
        "title": "A flexible new route to designer materials built from nanoparticles",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/02/a-flexible-new-route-to-designer-materials-built-from-nanoparticles",
        "published": "2026-11-02T10:00:00.000Z"
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
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