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Espiritdescali@futurology.todayM to Futurology@futurology.todayEnglish · 2 years ago

Adding spider DNA to silkworms creates silk stronger than Kevlar

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Adding spider DNA to silkworms creates silk stronger than Kevlar

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Espiritdescali@futurology.todayM to Futurology@futurology.todayEnglish · 2 years ago
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Spider silk is strong and tough, but hard to farm. Silkworm silk is easy to farm, but not that strong. What if we could combine the two?
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      20 years of adequate funding away.

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      We are 5 years away from fusion being only 20 years away

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        I think the secret is scientific progress is like me on a deadline: 20 years is just so long away, you know? I’ll get started tomorrow.

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