Tuesday, April 21, 2009
Device 'spins silk like spiders'
A device that partially mimics the process by which spiders produce fine, yet super-strong, silks has been built. The team manufactured two genetically-engineered spider silk proteins using bacteria. These were fed into a device that consists of three channels etched into glass. More @ BBC NEWS | Science/Nature
A micrograph shows the artificial silk in more detail
Labels: bio-materials, synthetic biology
