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LAMM_MIT

  1. Seeing the music in nature -- MIT Profile Article on Markus Buehler: mitne.ws/HYPvRb (via @MITNews) 11:39 AM Apr 4th via Tweet Button
  2. Thanks to our collaborators at Northeastern, Brendan P. Flynn and Prof. Jeffrey W. Ruberti 6:11 AM Mar 15th via web
  3. Link to Biomaterials paper: sciencedirect.com/science/articl… 6:09 AM Mar 15th via web
  4. New paper: S.-W. Chang, et al., Molecular mechanism of force induced stabilization of collagen against enzymatic breakdown, Biomaterials 6:09 AM Mar 15th via web
  5. New JOM paper reviews LAMM's work on silk modeling across multiple scales, examining structure-function relationships from nano to macro. 8:25 AM Feb 19th via web
  6. New Paper: A. Tarakanova & MJB, "A Materiomics Approach to Spider Silk: Protein Molecules to Webs", JOM, springerlink.com/content/b921j6… 8:22 AM Feb 19th via web
  7. New JMBBM article reports a natural adaptation to a critical length of the repeat length of poly-Ala domains of N. clavipes MaSp1 silk. 7:03 AM Feb 14th via web
  8. New: G. Bratzel & MJB, Sequence-structure correlations in silk: Poly-Ala repeat naturally optimized, JMBBM, sciencedirect.com/science/articl… 7:01 AM Feb 14th via web
  9. Matrix Biology paper explores viscoelastic properties of single collagen molecules & develops a model to predict fibril level properties. 9:00 AM Feb 13th via web
  10. New: Gautieri, Vesentini, Redaelli, MJB: Viscoelastic properties of model segments of collagen molecules, Matrix Bio., sciencedirect.com/science/articl… 8:59 AM Feb 13th via web
  11. Scientists uncover strength of spider web design - Telegraph telegraph.co.uk/science/905600… via @Telegraph 10:18 AM Feb 2nd via Tweet Button
  12. Spider's silk strands work together to keep a web intact: on.msnbc.com/wzobhQ via @msnbc 10:13 AM Feb 2nd via Tweet Button
  13. New YouTube video: Spider web subject to wind loading; 10 to 50 m/s (youtube.com/watch?v=ODXEBB…) 9:58 AM Feb 2nd via web
  14. New YouTube video: Pulling a spiral (viscid) silk thread from a spider web (youtube.com/watch?v=CHGShK…) 9:57 AM Feb 2nd via web
  15. New Paper: Cranford, Tarakanova, Pugno, MJB, "Nonlinear material behaviour of spider silk yields robust webs", Nature, nature.com/nature/journal… 8:32 AM Feb 2nd via web
  16. From NSF: "A Spider Web's Strength Lies in More Than its Silk"(nsf.gov/news/news_summ…) 5:59 AM Feb 2nd via web
  17. How a spider's web could help to design the fail-safe buildings of the future dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/ar… 5:24 AM Feb 2nd via Tweet Button
  18. Computersimulation mit Spinnennetzen: Spinnenfäden sind stärker als Stahl - Wissenschaft - FOCUS Online - Nachrichten focus.de/wissen/wissens… 5:18 AM Feb 2nd via Tweet Button
  19. Spider Silk Is Strong Because It's Smart | Wired Science | Wired.com wired.com/wiredscience/2… 5:17 AM Feb 2nd via Tweet Button
  20. How spider webs achieve their strength mitne.ws/w3gbEI (via @MITNews) 4:29 AM Feb 2nd via Tweet Button
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  • Location Cambridge, MA
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  • Bio Laboratory for Atomistic and Molecular Mechanics at MIT
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