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NASA is testing lightweight planes with folding wings

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<div>Instead, the agency is taking advantage of a new wing material dubbed "<b>shape</b> <b>memory alloy</b>" that can react to high temperatures to change its shape - in NASA's case, this temperature activation will work by using "thermal memory in a tube" that can function and move as an actuator. "We wanted to see: ...</div>

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