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has a lot of defects, the web actually still functions mechanically virtually the same way,” Buehler says. “It’s a very flaw-tolerant system.”

Steven W. Cranford, Anna Tarakanova, Nicola M. Pugno, Markus J. Buehler: Nonlinear material behaviour of spi- der silk yields robust webs, In: Nature, Vol. 482, Number 7383, February 02, 2012, Pages 72-76, DOI:10.1038/ nature10739:

http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/nature10739

http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2012/spider-web- strength-0202.html

© University of Illinois / J. Lewis, S. Brett Walker

through 100-nanometer nozzles, an order of magni- tude smaller than particle-based inks, an important feature for printed microelectronics. Moreover, the ink’s low viscosity makes it suitable for inkjet printing, direct ink writing or airbrush spraying over large, conformal areas.

S. Brett Walker and Jennifer A. Lewis: Reactive Silver Inks for Patterning High-Conductivity Features at Mild Tem- peratures, In: Journal of the American Chemical Society, Volume 134, Issue 3, January 25, 2012, Pages 1419- 1421, DOI:10.1021/ja209267c: http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/ja209267c

Researcher at University of Tennessee, USA, col- laborated with researchers from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Ecole Polytechnique Federale in Switzerland to develop a process that improves the efficiency of generating electric power using molecular structures extracted from plants. They have developed a system that taps into photosynthetic processes to produce efficient and inexpensive energy.

Markus Buehler, an associate professor of civil and environmental engineering (CEE) at MIT, has previ- ously analyzed the complex, hierarchical structure of spider silk and its amazing strength. “Even if it

“This system is a preferred method of sustainable energy because it is clean and it is potentially very efficient,” said Bruce, who was named one of Ten Revolutionaries that May Change the World by Forbes magazine in 2007 for his early work, which first demonstated biosolar electricity generation. “As opposed to conventional photovoltaic solar power systems, we are using renewable biological materials rather than toxic chemicals to generate energy. Likewise, our system will require less time,

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