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  • Business
  • 20 Jun 2025
  • 16 min

Eureka 445: The shape-shifting polymer that rethinks what’s possible in materials

Rheon Labs sports clothing

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  • The Entrepreneurs
  • Business
  • 16 min

Stephen Bates shares how a series of serendipitous eureka moments led to the creation of Rheon Labs, a smart-materials company developing energy-absorbing technology to better support and protect the body.

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  • Tom Edwards

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