<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/77b6b59e-6700-4c07-9631-b53c7738a107/997A17EF-B482-4EFD-8696-5AAD3A3BD79B/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.gizmag.com/spider-webs-stronger-bioadhesives/13295/" href="http://www.gizmag.com/spider-webs-stronger-bioadhesives/13295/" style="font-size: 11px;">www.gizmag.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.gizmag.com/spider-webs-stronger-bioadhesives/13295/"><H1>Spider webs hold the key to stronger bioadhesives</H1></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.gizmag.com/spider-webs-stronger-bioadhesives/13295/"><div align="center"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.gizmag.com/img/D8B3C5D4-0D60-4E9F-87C0-5B7F4CD81014" alt="A study on the glue that holds spider webs together brings us closed to producing bioadhes..." /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.gizmag.com/spider-webs-stronger-bioadhesives/13295/"><P class="snap_noengage">Spiders are remarkable animals: with over 40,000 classified species, they are among the most diverse known to man and can adapt to the most radical climatic conditions. The silky substance they produce to spin webs has been extensively studied and is known to rival steel in strength: a less-known fact, however, is that the "glue" that holds it all together is just as remarkable, and could soon become the key to producing stronger bioadhesives to replace petroleum-based products.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.gizmag.com/spider-webs-stronger-bioadhesives/13295/"><P class="snap_noengage">Supported by the National Science Foundation, a team led by Omer Choresh from the <A target="_blank" href="http://www.uwyo.edu/">University of Wyoming</A> has in fact recently reported on an extensive study involving the DNA sequencing of the orb-weaving spiders <I>Nephila clavipes</I> and <I>Araneus gemmoides</I>. The group identified two sophisticated proteins that have evolved over millions of years and are believed to be responsible for the glue's strength.</P></blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/997A17EF-B482-4EFD-8696-5AAD3A3BD79B/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>

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