Spider Silk: Consciously emulating life’s genius (Biomimicry)
Grown by microorganisms and spun in a lab. Weaving Waves is engaged in exploring lab-grown spider-silk, employing DNA from the banana spider (golden orb weaver) to teach bacterial strains to create artificial spider-silk threads (polypeptide fibers) that are seemingly stronger than bulletproof fabrics (polyaramid kevlar fibers) and steel.
Consciously emulating life’s genius (Biomimicry): Grown by microorganisms and spun in a lab. Weaving Waves is engaged in exploring lab-grown spider-silk, employing DNA from the banana spider (golden orb weaver) to teach bacterial strains to create artificial spider-silk threads (polypeptide fibers) that are seemingly stronger than bulletproof fabrics (polyaramid kevlar fibers) and steel.
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