Found: a Sweet Way to Make Everything Things Almost Indestructible (1 of 3) (IMAGE)

University of Virginia Health System

Found: a Sweet Way to Make Everything Things Almost Indestructible (1 of 3)

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The natural "armor," made of sugar, that shocked scientists with its durability, surviving even a bath in boiling lye.

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Courtesy Edward H. Egelman, UVA School of Medicine

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