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FRENCH chemists have announced they have created rubber that heals itself after it has been cut, a breakthrough that could lead to clothes that self-mend if torn and toys that repair themselves if damaged by a tot.

The molecular concoction - described by other scientists as having "a touch of magic about it" - can self-heal at room temperature in around 15 minutes by simply pressing the damaged pieces together, they reported in the British science journal Nature.