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The World's Strongest Glue

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the now-that's-sticky dept.

missing_myself writes "Yahoo news reports the world's strongest glue is made by bacteria. "The adhesive can withstand an enormous amount of stress, equal to the force felt by a quarter with more than three cars piled on top of it." Time to get rid of the duct tape? "

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  1. Re:"Time to get rid of the duct tape?" by takeya · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Time to replace the adhesive on duct tape with this stuff!

  2. Re:"Time to get rid of the duct tape?" by StringBlade · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Think twice about that suggestion the next time you accidentally (or on purpose) stick some duct tape to any part of your exposed flesh.

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  3. Re:Amazing new unit by marcosdumay · · Score: 2, Insightful

    70 MPa (~700 atm) is much better. Tank you.

    It is even worse because people that are not from the United States (like me) don't even know what a quarter looks like. So, this 'intuitive' measurement is anthing but it.

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  4. Compression, tension, shear? by corsec67 · · Score: 5, Insightful

    How strong is this glue under tension and shear?

    I have an invisible glue here that can withstand an infinite amount of force under compression, and it is massless. Tension is a while 'nother matter.

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  5. Re:Tell bad duct-tape joke; *duct* by Cthefuture · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Try gaffer tape some time.

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  6. Diminishing returns? by EZLeeAmused · · Score: 2, Insightful

    What good is a glue that has a bond stronger than the tensile strength of the substances it is binding together?

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  7. Re:Force? by Nasarius · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Right. They mean pressure (force/area), not force.

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  8. Re:"Time to get rid of the duct tape?" by mikesd81 · · Score: 1, Insightful

    Okay, no one's mentioned it yet... What would Macgyver do if the ducttape went away?

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  9. Entropic end of Earth Imminent by Vo0k · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Bacteria are known to mutate, right?
    Some mutations spread uncontrollably, known fact.
    Sugar is one of more common substances in the world.

    Imagine the world where stepping on the grass means they have to amputate your legs to free you. And the glue infection spreading, things getting gradually more sticky everywhere. Up to the point when everyone is glued to the ground, and everything that moves, stops. Entropic death, no more movement.

    I for one welcome our sticky bacterial overlords.

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