According to New Scientist, a Geman research group has developed a device that can reproduce spider's silk, which has the applications starting from light weight bullet-proof vests and optic fibres. And according to one of the researchers, "The best thing is to reproduce nature, instead of cutting open spiders," Interesting.
Thursday, May 1, 2008
Glass chip spins silk just like a spider
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