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Disrupting snail food-chain curbs parasitic disease in Senegal

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Nature Nanotechnology: A New Ultra-Thin Gel That Absorbs Micro-Bullets

Super sonic micro-bullets have been softly captured by a new ultra-thin gel. Shock absorbing materials are crucial for protection against strikes from bullets, shrapnel and space debris. To make their material, a team in the UK incorporated Taelin, a helical protein found in biological cells. In the body, Taelin unfolds to relieve stress when mechanical forces are exerted on cells,. Then, it refolds when the forces dissipate.

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