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Suffer Fish the Plastic, or suffer armies of Silkworms to spin useless cocoons for Humanity? I was hoping to read "plant-based Silk" or something... "Unlike th
by nullhack 4y ago
Suffer Fish the Plastic, or suffer armies of Silkworms to spin useless cocoons for Humanity? I was hoping to read "plant-based Silk" or something...
"Unlike the high-quality silk threads used for fine fabrics, the silk protein used in the new alternative material is widely available and less expensive, Liu says. While silkworm cocoons must be painstakingly unwound to produce the fine threads needed for fabric, for this use, non-textile-quality cocoons can be used, and the silk fibers can simply be dissolved using a scalable water-based process."