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Microbially produced fibers: Stronger than steel, tougher than Kevlar

• adrianN 5y ago
  This is very exciting. Synthetic biology is a promising path towards Dressler-type nanotechnology. I'm quite optimistic about this, but scaling things up is always difficult.
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• x86_64Ubuntu 5y ago
  Spider-silk is in a similar category as graphene, whereby it can do everything but leave the lab.
  • twic 5y ago
    It's working pretty well for spiders!
    • creeble 5y ago
      And clothing! Watched an interesting "How It's Made" recently on silk production (okay, worms not spiders). Amazing 5,000yo "technology".
• Chris2048 5y ago
  Of interest: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2hf9yN-oBV4 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2hf9yN-oBV4 "I Grew Real Spider Silk Using Yeast"
• bartmika 5y ago
  Space elevators here we come! (Reference to a Sci-Fi novel called "The Fountains of Paradise"- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Fountains_of_Paradise https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Fountains_of_Paradise)
  • LargoLasskhyfv 5y ago
    Hrm. Simple minded being like me thought of making something like the BA-330 inflatable habitat study from Bigelow Aerospace out of it. For advanced 'Tin-Canning' in orbit, little steps and all that, you know? :-)