News tagged with thread
Silkworms spinning spider webs
(PhysOrg.com) -- A spiders silk is strong and more elastic and has a large range of possible medical applications. However, spiders have a history of being territorial and prone to cannibalism, so the idea ...
Jan 03, 2012 |
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Antennas in your clothes? New design could pave the way
(PhysOrg.com) -- The next generation of communications systems could be built with a sewing machine.
Aug 22, 2011 |
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Spider silk glue inspires next-generation technology
(PhysOrg.com) -- Water affects orb spider web glue differently than cobweb glue. Orb web glue reacts to humidity, but cobweb glue resists it. These findings by a University of Akron research team inspire the ...
Jul 22, 2011 |
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Mussels -- material artists with grip
Researchers at the Max Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces and collaborators at the University of California at Santa Barbara and the University of Chicago believe they have uncovered the basis how ...
Mar 04, 2010 |
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How long is a piece of thread? Long enough to save a life
A discovery by Monash University scientists could see humble cotton thread emerge as a core material in low-cost 'lab-on-chip' devices capable of detecting diseases such as kidney failure and diabetes.
Feb 26, 2010 |
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Stitching together 'lab-on-a-chip' devices with cotton thread and sewing needles
Scientists in Australia are reporting the first use of ordinary cotton thread and sewing needles to literally stitch together a microfluidic analytical device — microscopic technology that can transport fluids ...
Chemistry / Analytical Chemistry
Feb 18, 2010 |
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Intel Itanium 9300 Processor Raises Bar for Scalable, Resilient Mission-Critical Computing
Intel Corporation today introduced the Itanium processor 9300 series, previously codenamed "Tukwila," which delivers more than double the performance of its predecessor, boosts scalability and adds reliability features to ...
Feb 08, 2010 |
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