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

    Try gaffer tape some time.

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  4. 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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