I saw a headline today about a new materials science discovery that really seemed too good to be true. Apparently it was first reported over a week ago, but I'm just hearing about it now.

Scientists at the University of Michigan are reporting a new nano-layered plastic with some amazing properties. It's transparent, strong as steel, thin as paper, biodegradable, non-toxic, cheap and requires very little energy to produce.

Almost sounds too good to be true, but I think we're at a time in which materials science is going to be able to do some pretty amazing things. While they've only made pieces about as large as one meter by one meter at this point, they say that it might be ready for commercialization within a couple of years, so keep your eye out for it.