The 1,500 Year old Recipe to Strong Chinese Buildings: Sticky Rice

Posted on June 3, 2010 by Jeff

Ever wonder how some Chinese buildings have managed to last hundreds of years through earthquakes and the onslaught of time?   Saw the answer in this Slashdot article:  sticky rice!  As detailed here, sticky rice is not only tasty, but when added to mortar, a starchy compound called amylopectin in the sticky rice gives the mortar superior strength and mechanical properties.

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