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<div id='article-page'><div id='article-content' data-media-url='//news-app-staging.s3.amazonaws.com' data-base-url='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/2397/steel_wood.m4a' data-capture-url='//staging.analytics.lingraphica.com/events/capture_news' data-article-title='Can Wood Be Stronger Than Steel?' data-article-id='2931'><script src='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com/javascripts/getscripts.js'></script><link rel='stylesheet' href='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com/stylesheets/article.css' type='text/css' /><div class='article'><p><span data-start-time='0' data-end-time='6729'>Researchers say they have created a new super-material in the laboratory.</span> <span data-start-time='6729' data-end-time='13563'>They say it is stronger, lighter and costs less than steel.</span> <span data-start-time='13563' data-end-time='21708'>But the new material is not a product of high technology or a metallic substance.</span> <span data-start-time='21708' data-end-time='23521'>It is wood.</span> <span data-start-time='23521' data-end-time='32292'>Researchers Liangbing Hu and Teng Li are with the University of Maryland in the United States.</span> <span data-start-time='32292' data-end-time='44208'>By using a few chemicals, heat and pressure, they have made wood three times denser and 10 times stronger.</span> <span data-start-time='44208' data-end-time='51542'>Hu says that means it can compete with some of the world&rsquo;s strongest materials.</span> <span data-start-time='51542' data-end-time='60250'>We're interested in replacing steel and carbon fibers with strong wood structures, he said.</span> <span data-start-time='60250' data-end-time='67542'>The process does not require any special raw, unprocessed material.</span> <span data-start-time='67542' data-end-time='73375'>Hu said that means the cost of the product will be relatively low.</span> </p></div><div class='control-buttons-sticky' 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data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/2397/combining_heat_and_pressure.m4a'><span>combining heat and pressure</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/2397/have_parts_that_are_close_together.m4a'><span>have parts that are close together</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/2397/looser_than_other_fibers.m4a'><span>looser than other fibers</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/2397/stronger_than_wood_or_steel.m4a'><span>stronger than wood or steel</span></div></div></div><div class='multiple_choice_question question-container' data-question-id=10286 data-hint-location='21708' style='display:none;'><div class='question' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/2397/what_is_the_new_material_made_of.m4a'>What is the new material made of?</div><div class='choices' data-correct-choice='wood'><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/2397/wood.m4a'><span>wood</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/2397/chemicals.m4a'><span>chemicals</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/2397/fibers.m4a'><span>fibers</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/2397/steel.m4a'><span>steel</span></div></div></div><div class='sentence_completion_question question-container' data-question-id=10287 data-hint-location='60250' style='display:none;'><div class='question' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/2397/the_process_does_not_require_any__blank_.m4a'>The process does not require any <span class='blank'>special material</span>.</div><div class='choices' data-correct-choice='special material'><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/2397/laboratory_time.m4a'><span>laboratory time</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/2397/additional_chemicals.m4a'><span>additional chemicals</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/2397/special_material.m4a'><span>special material</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/2397/steel_or_carbon.m4a'><span>steel or carbon</span></div></div></div><div class='question-buttons'><button class='skip-button'></button><button class='hint-button'></button><button class='speak-button'></button></div></div></div>

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