Silk Versus Synthetic Fibers

11/27/2011 admin China, Silk

From Environmental News Network and http://twitter.com/#!/LearnFromNature Scientists at Oxford University and The University of Sheffield have demonstrated that natural silks are a thousand times more efficient than common plastics when it comes to forming fibers. A report of the research is published this week in the journal Advanced Materials. The finding comes from comparing silk from [...]

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