Researchers link patterns seen in spider silk, melodies

Thursday, December 8, 2011 - 07:00 in Physics & Chemistry

Using a new mathematical methodology, researchers at MIT have created a scientifically rigorous analogy that shows the similarities between the physical structure of spider silk and the sonic structure of a melody, proving that the structure of each relates to its function in an equivalent way. 

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