Cheryl Hayashi: The magnificence of spider silk
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Uploaded by TEDtalksDirector on Dec 7, 2011
http://www.ted.com Cheryl Hayashi studies spider silk, one of nature's most high-performance materials. Each species of spider can make up to 7 very different kinds of silk. How do they do it? Hayashi explains at the DNA level -- then shows us how this super-strong, super-flexible material can inspire.
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@vegetablesocialist People with legit complaints should share and get upvoted so those of us who don't want to waste our time with crap videos don't have to.
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No wonder they are unrivaled as predators in their field! I love spiders!
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Spiderman is thinking...
"That bitch told my secret!"
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27 people scratched their arms.
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SkyToadies! The Amazing Super Spider verses Spider Man the not so incredible mortal. Things are about to get sticky.
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11:33 She doesn't seem to know Darwin's bark spider. It is an orb-weaver spider that produces silk with an average toughness of 350 MJ/m3. Some fibres have 520 MJ/m3. Imagine, where the dot for that would be. :)
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im started to thinking is this the girl in the movie spider man 1??in the laboratory of the spider where pider man got the first bite \??
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@lilchimy i don't think she mispronounces... biomimeticists
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why must bored minds share their crap on you-tube.
if you aren't interested , then don't watch, if you cant contribute something, dont comment, so many stupid people,
this talk was great, thank you.
vegetablesocialist 3 months ago 43
Does anyone else think that she's kind of hot??
Wangtang6911 3 months ago 13