Re-spun silkworm silk is 70% stronger than spider silk

ScienceDaily
Oct 6, 2022, 3:18 pm96 pts
Spiders hold the market for the strongest silks but are too aggressive and territorial to be farmed. The next best alternative involves incorporating spider DNA into silkworms, an expensive and difficult-to-scale process. Scientists now show how the silk naturally produced by silkworms can be made 70% stronger…

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