Inspiring Story of the Week - June 29, 2021

Company Mimics Spiders to Create Lustrous Faux Silk That is 1,000x More Energy Efficient

Reprinted from Good News Network website...

By mimicking how a spider spins silk at room temperature, an Oxford University venture has created a high performance, biodegradable textile that is 1,000 times more efficient than current methods for making man-made fabrics, which emit tons of carbon.

Over the course of millions of years, spiders have evolved the ability to create one of the world’s strongest and most adaptable materials—silk.

The secret to a spider’s ability to create silk lies within their spinnerets, a specialized organ that turns the liquid silk gel within the spider’s abdomen into a solid thread.