A digital scan of forests. In the art of modern architecture delicate structures made from reinforced concrete and fiberglass that are incredibly stable with a little help from nature researchers are now developing a range of high tech materials with some amazing characteristics. This is the inspiration for what could be the super material of the future. Spider so this researchers all wrapped up its stronger than steel yet more flexible than rubber natures High Performance raw material but obtaining the silk directly from spiders is difficult even in tiny amounts it could never be profitable. At the university of by right in southern germany thoma scheibel has been researching potential industrial applications for a super silk. Weve made some decisive breakthroughs first we managed to recreate the raw material both in terms of mechanical properties and scalability that means it could be made on an industrial scale second we made the thread and not just any threat we made thread the way
And fiberglass that are incredibly stable with a little help from nature researchers are now developing a range of high tech materials with some amazing characteristics. This is the inspiration for what could be the super material of the future. Spider so this researchers all wrapped up its stronger than steel yet more flexible than rubber natures High Performance raw material but obtaining the soap directly from spiders is difficult even in tiny amounts it could never be profitable. At the university of buy right in southern germany thoma scheibel has been researching potential industrial applications for a super silk. Weve made some decisive breakthroughs first we managed to recreate the raw material both in terms of mechanical properties and scalability that means it could be made on an industrial scale and second we made the thread and not just any threat we made thread the way spiders make it with all the properties it has in nature or maybe even slightly better ones. Scheibel dev
Im Chris Jansing. The Holiday Weekend saw political turmoil between the United States and one of its closest allies, valley. Israel. A vote to condemn israeli settlements has brought tension between president obama and president netanyahu. While president elect trump is sending clear signals he would have handled this situation differently and setting expectation fots are the u. S. israel relationship going forward. Reporter new fallout after a flash point in u. S. israeli relations. West bank settlements, seen as a slap to israel, one the u. S. Chose not to block with its veto. Israel furious. Now accusing the u. S. Of orchestrating the resolution itself. We have proof. I dont believe it, we know it, and well share it with it Incoming Administration through appropriate channels. The ambassador echoing theses of Prime Minister netten gnaw hue. Friends dont take friends to the security council. Reporter egypt pushed the issue insisting friday, we did not draft or introduce this resoluti
A very good morning to you. Im richard lui at msnbc world headquarters. Were watching the latest on Hurricane Irma. Our special coverage of this category5 storm for you. Its roaring past cuba. The latest visuals, of course, the radar showing it moving through the northern sides. Here it is again. This as all of florida braces for what lies ahead the next 48 hours. Survivors in the caribbean survey the damage left behind. Okay, at this hour, Hurricane Irma pounding cuba as a cat5 storm with ferocious 160 mileperhour winds. The storm on track to go and go north toward florida, pummelling the keys there tonight and into sunday, before charting a path through western florida where it is expected to hit naples, orlando, ft. Myers, potentially tampa. The threat in those areas is higher than initially thought at least by the latest information that we got two hours ago from the National Hurricane center. This after the storm does take a turn westward. A little bit tacking farther to the left