For years, astronauts working in orbit have been complaining about the fact that they don't have access to glue-like substances that work in the harsh environment of outer space. A team of experts may have just answered that demand recently. The researchers created a new type of adhesive, that features a host of... |
30 March 2011
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In a discovery with potentially far-reaching implications, researchers at the Purdue University have discovered the ingredients that oysters use to produce the glue which keeps them together. The team that made the findings included experts from many research institutions and universities, but the work was coordinate... |
21 September 2010
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There are plenty of services out there trying to help you figure out what you like, well, what you would like if you only knew about it. And there are plenty more sites that try to predict what might be relevant, useful or entertaining for you from Google search to Last.fm and Netflix. That said social network/browse... |
4 March 2010
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Spiders are best known for their ability to create intricate webs. Each species has its own weaving pattern, which it has developed over millions of years of evolution and that is perfectly adapted to its environment. For many years, materials scientists and other experts have been fascinated by the wonderful constru... |
2 November 2009
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It would arguably be extremely hard to image the modern world without multitasking. It has become such a widespread habit, that virtually everyone does it. Children do it, their parents too, and business people are among the representatives of the genre. But very few of us have stopped to think where this ability com... |
29 September 2009
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When surgeons in modern operating rooms are faced with shattered bones, they do not have too many repair options. The most widely used method of treating the damage is to attach the various fragments to each other using small screws, which are left there until most of the bone heals by itself. They are removed afterw... |
18 August 2009
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According to recent investigations, it would appear that Stone Age people were a lot smarter than first thought. The conclusion was reached once experts managed to reverse-engineer a type of ancient superglue, which hinted at the fact that its makers were people with a high degree of cognitive skills. Used primarily ... |
13 May 2009
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One thing we can state for sure is that false eyelashes are definitely not up any woman's street, for various reasons - the first being that there's something rather unnerving about the thought of gluing a piece of plastic so close to your eyes. Also, you might have the rather strange feeling that you'... |
26 April 2008
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Gecko lizards are amazing due to their capacity to walk on walls and upside down on the ceilings. Lizards' ability to defy gravity and attach to smooth surfaces like glass is due to their setae, hair-like structures of their feet. They do not secret glue, but use weak molecular forces, called Van der Waals, to g... |
21 December 2007
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Mussels have puzzled humans since ever with their ability to attach themselves to the rocks. They can resist the power of the waves or hungry predators and cannot be pulled out. When the mussel larva 'establishes' in a site, it puts out its tongue-shaped foot and through a channel along its foot slides a vi... |
19 October 2007
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These are more than simple Amoebas: the single-celled animals called Foraminifera, floating in the plankton, are amongst the most abundant organisms in the ocean's organic mass. Many produce bioluminescence seen in the ocean during the night and the largest species, even if they do not oversize a fingernail (whi... |
19 September 2007
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What do you do when two substances just won't stick to each other, no matter how hard you try? You take a peak at Mother Nature and try to copy some of her surprising solutions. A new super glue does exactly that and learns from the masters in the field the gecko and the mussel.The Gecko is a small lizard, one ... |
19 July 2007
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Few people know that not all materials normally stick together, but many of you have had troubles sticking two surfaces together that no superglue seemed to be able to hold in place.A new adhesive has been created, that nods with almost every type of surface on the nanoscale. It has been developed by the Rensselaer ... |
17 May 2007
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You could be amazed by what mussels can do. These mollusks live in seas and freshwaters. Scientists are fascinated since ever by how these beings attach themselves to the rocks. The animals can resist to the power of the waves or hungry predators and are almost impossible to pull out.How do they do it?When the young ... |
15 March 2007
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