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A silkworm weaving chrysalis with its silk

Metal-enriched silkworm silk is one of the strongest materials ever

6 October 2022

Standard silkworm silk has been made stronger than spider’s silk, one of the toughest materials known, by bathing it with metals and respinning it

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