Spider Silk

A strong, light bio-material made by genes from spiders could transform construction and industry. A Scientists have succeeded in copying the silk-producing gene of the Golden Orb Weaver spider and are using them to create a synthetic material which they believe is the model for a new generation of advanced bio-materials.The new material,bio-silk,which has been spun for the first time by researchers at DuPont,has an enormous range of potential uses in construction and manufac...