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Silk spider healing
Scientists at Tufts University in Medford, Massachussets (USA) are trying to mass produce artificial spider silk to help restore damaged ligaments and tendons and use in…
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Producing artificial spider silk lighter than cotton, more durable than steel
This work was done by a team at Washington University (Saint Louis, Missouri, USA) using bacteria to synthesize spider silk proteins.
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New generation artificial spider silk: more durable than steel and 98% made from water
Spider silk is stronger than steel and harder than Kevlar, but successfully building on a large scale in the laboratory is still an obsession for scientists for decades.
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The US military's armor will probably use ten times more kevlar than the spider silk
It looks like future bulletproof armor will use silk spider silk instead of plastic resin.
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Clothes made from spider silk
The good news for fashion enthusiasts and also bad news for those who are afraid of spiders is that we are getting closer to creating costumes made of spider silk.
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Will there be artificial spider silk like Spiderman's?
Will silk help you swing back and forth from building to building?
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Armor made of spider silk
After years of effort, the scientific community may eventually find a way to create armor from spider silk that is both light and firm.