Principal Investigator Gareth McKinley
Project Website http://web.mit.edu/nnf/research/phenomena/natural.html
Many polymers and non-Newtonian fluids occur naturally. Examples include DNA, saliva and tree sap.
Okra (Abelmoschus esculentus) has been used for thousands of years as a thickening agent in foods, thanks to the high molecular weight polymer that it contains.