[presidio9]

[adam_az]

Scientists develop synthetic silk manufacturing device:

[PoorMuttly]

Imagine if Muttlys could spin webs.

I'm afraid to even mention this one to Santa.

[LiteKeeper]

SPOTREP

[RightWhale]

the research, published in this week's edition of science journal Nature

Nature is to science as the New York Times is to journalism.

[far sider]

Wow. Evolution is so smart.

[SuziQ]

There is an organization that is experimenting with using spicer genes in the milk producing glands of goats to create milk with the strong silk fibers. I think they has planned to try to use the fibers for bulletproof vests, etc. I can't remember where I read it, but it was VEY interesting.

[SuziQ]

Here's that info about the company I mentioned before doing the experiments on spider silk and goat's milk.

[Calvin Locke]

...Tufts University ...

Yeah, right.

This is the same school that let out (unaccounted for inventory of live specimens?) all of its imported tent
caterpillars (aka Gypsy Moths) when deemed unsuitable for silk.

[SunkenCiv]

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