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3/19/2013 6:15:35 AM
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Some Insect Wings Are Natural Antibiotics

[url=http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/smartnews/2013/03/some-insect-wings-are-natural-antibiotics/]Full Article.[/url][quote]The wings of the Australia’s Clanger cicada are bumpy, strewn with unimaginably tiny spikes. These teeny bumps give the wings a special ability, according to new research: the cicada’s wings are naturally antibiotic—they kill some bacteria on contact. The cicada’s wings, says Nature, are one of the first natural surfaces found with such a power, and the finding could potentially pave the way for new passively-antibacterial materials.[/quote]

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  • Bio-mimicry. Something I think we should be REALLY excited about is how much we can learn from nature. This discovery alone is huge. We just need to replicate and improve it.

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