Published on the CORDIS, the Community Research and Development Information Service (the European Commission's primary source of results from the projects funded by the EU's framework programmes for research and innovation), a news article on MINIRES ERC project, Principal Investigator Pierangelo Metrangolo, Department of Chemistry, Materials and Chemical Engineering “Giulio Natta”.

Elastic facial fillers inspired by jumping insects may be coming soon

Incredible elasticity enables fleas to jump and mosquitoes to beat their wings 600 times per second. An elastic polymer (elastomer) produced using only a small fragment of the natural protein, resilin, will make this elasticity available for numerous applications at competitive prices.

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