Sunday, December 23, 2012

Future Fibers May Be Spun From Slime

The hagfish or "slime eel" shoots out slime containing silk-like fibers of remarkable strength. Douglas Fudge, a biologist at the University of Guelph, says it could be a good substitute for today's synthetic fibers?it's 10 times stronger than nylon, for example?and bacteria can be trained to make it.

Source: http://www.npr.org/2012/12/21/167802341/future-fibers-may-be-spun-from-slime?ft=1&f=1007

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