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From slug slime to medical adhesive: how one BME alum looks to nature for engineering inspiration

May 15, 2019

This tough gel can stretch 20 times its length without breaking, which is more than what the most resilient rubber band can do.

Ben Freedman ’11 looks to nature to inspire engineering solutions.

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