Silk Research Yields New Materials

Silkworms and spiders may seem like small insects to us, but they are the keepers of a secret that scientists would pay a mind-boggling sum of money to learn. These creatures are the only ones that can produce natural silk, a material that is highly-flexible, yet tougher than steel and Kevlar... [ read more >> ]

An attempt to create artificial silk

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An attempt to create artificial silk