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Science@beehaw.orgEnglish · 1 year ago

Gene-edited spider silk 6x stronger than bulletproof Kevlar

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Gene-edited spider silk 6x stronger than bulletproof Kevlar

interestingengineering.com

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Science@beehaw.orgEnglish · 1 year ago

Using CRISPR-Cas9 gene-editing technology, researchers modified the DNA of silkworms so that their silk-producing glands would instead create spider silk.

Chinese Scientists have introduced an innovative, green alternative to nylon and Kevlar

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guess we’ll need six times more powerful bullets then …
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  Kevlar only stops 9mm and similar, anyway.
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    This should stop 54mm bullets then :)

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