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Sea Sponges Master Nano-technology

Mick Ohrberg writes "It has been discovered that sea sponges utilizes a biomolecular mechanism to direct nanofabrication of silica to create microscopic glass fibers. It's a protein that acts as a catalyst for the formation of glass from the biomineral. What's it all lead to? Hopefully a way to achieve nanostructural fabrication at low temperatures, instead of in vacuum and at high temperatures as with current technologies."

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  1. Re:Or do we? by b-baggins · · Score: 1, Troll

    You mean empirical evidence other than the predictions not coming true?

    People predicting global ecologic disasters have about the same accuracy rate as people predicting the second coming.

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