Scientists Mimic Spider Silk Using Metabolically Engineered Bacteria
Wednesday, July 28th, 2010Researchers have long envied spiders' ability to manufacture light-weight silk that is as strong and tough as steel or Kevlar. Finer than human hair, five times stronger by weight than steel and three times tougher than the man-made fibre Kevlar, spider dragline silk is also biocompatible and thus suitable for a ...
