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MEDFORD, Mass., Aug. 11, 2010 — A decade of research has yielded new uses for an ancient material: silk fibers. Thanks to their amazing mechanical properties as well as their looks, silk fibers have been important materials in textiles, medical sutures and even armor for 5000 years. Silk spun by spiders and silkworms combines high strength and extensibility unmatched by synthetics, even though silk is made from a relatively simple protein processed from water. But in recent years, scientists have begun to unravel the secrets of silk. "Silk-based materials have been transformed in just the past decade...Read full article

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    Published: August 2010
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    microfluidics
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    nano
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    The use of atoms, molecules and molecular-scale structures to enhance existing technology and develop new materials and devices. The goal of this technology is to manipulate atomic and molecular particles to create devices that are thousands of times smaller and faster than those of the current microtechnologies.
    photonics
    The technology of generating and harnessing light and other forms of radiant energy whose quantum unit is the photon. The science includes light emission, transmission, deflection, amplification and detection by optical components and instruments, lasers and other light sources, fiber optics, electro-optical instrumentation, related hardware and electronics, and sophisticated systems. The range of applications of photonics extends from energy generation to detection to communications and...
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