The science of knots

[Pirx]

As always, it's wonderful that there is always someone available to make things complicated.

Knote, for example: How strong is your favorite knot? MIT Scientists Invent New Rope Fibers To Study Knots – gCaptain

 

[LittleSister]

Interesting!

Here's a link (also included in the G Captain article) to an MIT webpage with more detailed info on what, how and why they did it - How strong is your knot?