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Fiber Ribbon Extracted from Cucumber Tendril

Caption: Cucumber tendrils produce a particular type of strong, flexible spring that has not been characterized before. Shown here is a fiber ribbon extracted from a tendril.

Credit: Joshua Puzey and Sharon Gerbode

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