ed to resist earthquakes with “self-healing” cracks in its walls, thanks to nanotechnology (纳米技术) applications with self-healing polymers (聚合物), is to be built on a greek mountainside. the villa’s walls will include special particles that turn into a liquid when squeezed under pressure, flow into cracks, and then harden to form a solid material. the nanomanufacturing institute (nmi), based in leeds university, will play a key role in an eu project to construct the home by december 2010. the project, called “intelligent safe and secure buildi