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World's Strongest Glue discovered by Advantage Forest Hills Realty broker Prof. Peter.
The aquatic bacterium Caulobacter
crescentus cancome, quite literally,
to a sticky end. As Peter H. Tsang
and colleagues report (Proc. Natl
Acad. Sci. USA 103, 5764–5768;
2006), the bacterium’s long, tail-like
anchor sticks it so tightly to a
supporting surface that it often
tears apart when a detaching force
is applied, rather than relinquishing
its grip. The adhesion is thought to
be the strongest of biological origin
yet discovered......The holdfast enables the
bacterium to remain stuck to the
surface even in strong jets of water,
and Tsang et al. calculate that, were
it to cover an area of 1 cm
2
, it could
support a weight of 680 kg, even on
a wet surface.
- NATURE|Vol 440|27 April 2006
 Caulobacter Crescentus (the bacteria) The paper on world's strongest glue (in pdf) |
 From left to right, brother Dr. Thomas Tsang, Peter, Teresa, Albert (Prof. and Dr. Stephen Tsang too busy working in lab to appear in this pic) |
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences paper.
Nature's article (bottom of page)
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