The World's Strongest Glue 362
missing_myself writes "Yahoo news reports the world's strongest glue is made by bacteria. "The adhesive can withstand an enormous amount of stress, equal to the force felt by a quarter with more than three cars piled on top of it." Time to get rid of the duct tape? "
"Time to get rid of the duct tape?" (Score:5, Funny)
Re:"Time to get rid of the duct tape?" (Score:3, Insightful)
Re:"Time to get rid of the duct tape?" (Score:5, Insightful)
Re: (Score:3, Informative)
Re:"Time to get rid of the duct tape?" (Score:3, Interesting)
The only thing duct tape seems to have a problem sticking to is duct work in my attic.
Re:"Time to get rid of the duct tape?" (Score:3, Informative)
Re:"Time to get rid of the duct tape?" (Score:5, Funny)
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Re:"Time to get rid of the duct tape?" (Score:2)
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Re:"Time to get rid of the duct tape?" (Score:2)
Re:"Time to get rid of the duct tape?" (Score:5, Funny)
Ill be impressed if..... (Score:5, Funny)
Re:"Time to get rid of the duct tape?" (Score:3, Funny)
Can it be spun into long filaments? (Score:4, Funny)
I think I invented this several years ago (Score:5, Funny)
How do we get it out of the bottle? (Score:5, Funny)
On another note, this stuff would would really make the old glue-friend's-hand-to-forehead-or-other-body-part prank very painful...
Good point! (Score:3, Interesting)
Taking into account that the researchers are having problems with getting the glue off the instruments they use to fabricate it, perhaps we do need a super-oil in this case.
(And fact is stranger than fiction once more!)
An Idea I just came up with is that the superglue could be embedded inside small (nano? hmmm) part
Teflon too (Score:5, Informative)
Re:Teflon too (Score:3, Interesting)
Re:Even more important: (Score:2, Funny)
``Ragnarok
And Murphy's law says..... (Score:5, Funny)
New Glue? (Score:5, Funny)
Re:New Glue? (Score:2)
It appears that the bacteria grow at an increased rate if they are grown inside the gut of a dead horse. Oh well.
Re:New Glue? (Score:3, Funny)
my char (Score:2, Funny)
NOOOO (Score:4, Funny)
Re:NOOOO (Score:5, Funny)
I was going to go grammar Nazi on you, but then I realized "loosing" actually works in this context.
Re:NOOOO (Score:2)
Amazing new unit (Score:5, Informative)
Re:Amazing new unit (Score:2, Informative)
Re:Amazing new unit (Score:2)
(*) Do they mean 'matchbox' cars (a few grams), automobiles (~750kg to ~4000kg), or train carriages (who knows)?
Re:Amazing new unit (Score:2)
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Re:Amazing new unit (Score:3, Insightful)
70 MPa (~700 atm) is much better. Tank you.
It is even worse because people that are not from the United States (like me) don't even know what a quarter looks like. So, this 'intuitive' measurement is anthing but it.
Re:Amazing new unit (Score:5, Funny)
It's about twice the diameter of a dime.
You're welcome.
Re:Amazing new unit (Score:5, Funny)
Oh, wait...
Re:Amazing new unit (Score:3, Funny)
Of course, the unit makes almost no sense anyways, because most people are going to puzzle about the force it takes to tear two glued things apart when the measur
Re:Amazing new unit (Score:5, Funny)
Viola! Instant American-made vehicle.
Re:Amazing new unit (Score:2)
A significant question is "can they get a fully effective dollop of bug juice the size of a quarter to hold up their cars?"
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Surgical adhesive (Score:3, Funny)
Now I can see surgical scissors being left in your abdomen and crazy-glued to your internal organs.
Re:Surgical adhesive (Score:3, Funny)
Yes, but at least they'll be fastened securely. Nothing to ruin your day like scissors bouncing around your spleen.
I await the lawsuit (Score:4, Funny)
Yes, that's fine but... (Score:2, Redundant)
But, how do I get the top off the freaking bottle??
Re:Yes, that's fine but... (Score:2)
It'll probably be sold dry or require you to mix it with something else to start working.
Two great quotes put together (Score:5, Funny)
"We tried washing the glue off," Brun said. "It didn't work."
super super glue remover (Score:2)
Re:super super glue remover (Score:2)
Lots of luck, I still haven't found a Gorilla Glue [gorillaglue.com] remover, I mean besides chisel, scraper, or sandpaper. Granted it may not nessicarly be the strongest glue on Earth sold in stores.... I believe this like other uratane glues is rated at about 3600psi.
Let us focus on Gorilla glue remover before we th
Re:super super glue remover (Score:4, Interesting)
stretching credibility (Score:2)
We want to know how much weight it can handle suspended from it.
Re:stretching credibility (Score:2)
You and your fancy units . . . . . . (Score:5, Funny)
Re:You and your fancy units . . . . . . (Score:5, Funny)
You don't get it, do you? This is America. The land of the stupid measurements. Where there's 12 inches to a foot, 3 feet to a yard, 1760 yards to the mile, 16 ounces to a pound, 2000 pounds to the short ton and getting 543816 votes more than your opponent means you lose an election.
Sorry... couldn't help myself. God bless America for boobies and donuts!
Re:You and your fancy units . . . . . . (Score:2)
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Re:You and your fancy units . . . . . . (Score:2)
There... (Score:2)
...Fixed it for ya!
Re:You and your fancy units . . . . . . (Score:3, Informative)
You grossly over simplify our system.
For example "which is heavier a pound of feathers or a pound of gold?"
31 grams in an ounce of gold. (troy ounces)
28 grams in an ounce of feathers. (imperial ounces)
373 grams in a pound of gold (12 ounces in a troy pound)
454 grams in a pound of feathers (16 ounces in an imperial pound)
So counter intitively a pound of feathers is heaver than a pound of gold. But 16 ounces of gold does weigh more than 16 ounces of feathers.
Want to get into get into mea
Re:You and your fancy units . . . . . . (Score:2)
Re:You and your fancy units . . . . . . (Score:2)
Me neither. They didn't even mention the paint color of the cars.
Re:You and your fancy units . . . . . . (Score:2)
Re:You and your fancy units . . . . . . (Score:2, Informative)
Derivation:
1 Car (average): 2 tons
Surface area of a quarter: 462.244 mm^2
1 Eiffel Tower (average): 7000 tons
cubit (per google) = 45.72 cm
millicubit =
millicubit^2 =
3 cars / quarter = 6 tons / 462.244 mm^2
1 Eiffel Tower / millicubit^2 = 7000 tons /
(6/462.244)/(7000/.20903184) =
Have a nice day!
Combine the powers (Score:5, Funny)
Get rid of it?! No way! I say improve it. Imagine duct tape combined with this supersuperglue. My God, it'd be like Astroboy and Atlas working together to defeat a common foe!
Or something.
Standard units? (Score:2, Funny)
Re:Standard units? (Score:2)
I hope this helps carify things.
obligatory simpsons reference (Score:2)
Strong, sure. (Score:3, Funny)
Re:Strong, sure. (Score:5, Funny)
This glue tastes like... burning.
It's not how it tastes ... (Score:3, Funny)
you're not doing it right (Score:3, Funny)
Amateurs.
Compression, tension, shear? (Score:5, Insightful)
I have an invisible glue here that can withstand an infinite amount of force under compression, and it is massless. Tension is a while 'nother matter.
Re:Compression, tension, shear? (Score:2, Funny)
Re:Compression, tension, shear? (Score:4, Informative)
Reinforced concrete combines the compression strength of concrete with the tensile strength of steel.
Glue Bacteria? (Score:5, Funny)
Now... if I feed it something (like, I guess sugar), would it grow though? Imagine the instructions: "mix with sugar 4:1"...
And further, if I use it to glue a broken sugar bowl, should I expect a self-replicating glue disaster?
"It's not clear how the glue actually works, however, but researchers presume some special proteins must be attached to the sugars."
Well that sounds ensuring, right guys. Reminds me of that movie, The Stuff (1985) [imdb.com].
A bunch of scientists like our folks here, discover weird white substance on one of the Earth Poles (please save me the jokes on what you think it was). So naturally, what you think he does? He tastes it, and it's good.
So they just come with the tankers and start pumping it out and selling it as food. Turns out it eats you from the inside and turns you into a zombie.
By the way, has anyone tried to eat that glue and see what it tastes like?
Re:Glue Bacteria? (Score:3, Funny)
Yes. It tastes like burning.
Force? (Score:2)
Thought the force is same no matter what it is applied to, no?
F = m*a, anyone?
Re:Force? (Score:2, Informative)
Re:Force? (Score:3, Insightful)
Made of sugar? (Score:2)
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Placement (Score:2)
So now all they have to do is separate it into two chemical subcomponents which can be used in a dispenser like the existing epoxy syringe and we'll actually be able to use it. At least until a nano-tech replacement 10 times stronger is found...
Tell bad duct-tape joke; *duct* (Score:4, Funny)
I mean, the duct-tape has a gummy glue that dries out, the fibrous tape tears easily, has poor high-temperature properties, and is not waterproof. What more could you want?
Re:Tell bad duct-tape joke; *duct* (Score:4, Funny)
That would be cool.
Re:Tell bad duct-tape joke; *duct* (Score:2)
That said DUCT tape is very good at what it's designed for, try and guess what that is
Re:Tell bad duct-tape joke; *duct* (Score:2)
Duct tape is good for temporary repairs on varous things though.
Re:Tell bad duct-tape joke; *duct* (Score:5, Insightful)
Digg had this 3 days ago about (Score:2, Redundant)
FINE! (Score:2)
Just don't come back crying once we bring out the drugs and hookers.
Re:Digg had this 3 days ago about (Score:2)
Better than barnacles? (Score:2)
rj
Re:Better than barnacles? (Score:2)
Bacteria on the other hand might be relatively easy to produce in vast quantities because it tends to reproduce quickly.
Finally! (Score:5, Funny)
It might be strong but... (Score:3, Funny)
In my tired, decaffeinated state... (Score:3, Funny)
Oh well, I'm sure there's some application for this.
Entropic end of Earth Imminent (Score:5, Insightful)
Some mutations spread uncontrollably, known fact.
Sugar is one of more common substances in the world.
Imagine the world where stepping on the grass means they have to amputate your legs to free you. And the glue infection spreading, things getting gradually more sticky everywhere. Up to the point when everyone is glued to the ground, and everything that moves, stops. Entropic death, no more movement.
I for one welcome our sticky bacterial overlords.
Re:Now accepting ideas for practical jokes. (Score:5, Funny)
P: Uh... I think so Brain, but where will we find that much caulobacter crescentus, three cars, and a quarter at this time of night?
Re:cars on a quarter? (Score:5, Informative)
Well, if there's more surface area, then there's a wider distribution of weight and the pressure per square inch would diminish.
Re:Forget nanotubes! (Score:2)
And you Europeans thought the American educational system was inferior, hah!
Re:crustiness (Score:3, Funny)