Houston Public MediaOct 28, 2023

Engines of Our Ingenuity 2996: Tensile Strength & Limpet Teeth

Episode: 2996 The highest tensile strength in nature — so far: Limpet teeth. Today, tensile strength and limpet teeth.

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#ArthurCClark #birchWood #carbonNanoTubes #compositeMaterials #cosmicFunicular #Geothite #limpetMines #limpetTeeth #monoCrystalineSilicon #proteinMatrix #spaceElevator #spiderSilk #structuralSteel #TheFountainsOfParadise #ultimateTensileStrength

Engines of Our Ingenuity 2996: Tensile Strength & Limpet Teeth

Episode: 2996 The highest tensile strength in nature — so far: Limpet teeth.  Today, tensile strength and limpet teeth.

Houston Public Media
Show threadReneeFeb 26, 2023

(3/3…no…4) “#Cheese with more #water 💧 or more #fat is generally softer, because those fillers space out the #protein matrix, reducing the number of #interconnections.

More mature cheese 🧀 is crumblier because its #proteinmatrix has broken down further.

A #cheddar can be somewhere in the middle, not too hard or too soft.

Varying the #proteinstructure can create almost any #texture.”

HelenCzerski, #WSJ, #EverydayPhysics