Spinning Yarn Into Muscles (1 of 16) (IMAGE)

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Spinning Yarn Into Muscles (1 of 16)

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Photograph comparing muscles made by coiling (from left to right) 150 μm, 280 μm, 860 μm and 2.45 mm nylon 6 monofilament fibers. For more information, please see Figure S10 in the Supporting Online Material. This image relates to a paper that appeared in the Feb. 21, 2014, issue of Science, published by AAAS. The paper, by Carter S. Haines at the University of Texas at Dallas in Richardson, Texas, and colleagues was titled, "Artificial Muscles from Fishing Line and Sewing Thread."

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