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wmeredith
on May 7, 2015
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Spiders Ingest Nanotubes, Then Weave Silk Reinforc...
"Natural silk" aka "silk" comes from silkworms.
e12e
on May 7, 2015
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Right. I was wondering if silk worms could be made to produce nano-silk if drenched in nanotube-water, like the spiders (or fed leaves dipped in nanotube-water etc).
[ed: I probably should've written "normal" silk, not natural silk...]
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