Medicine & TechnologyResearchers were able to engineer a bacteria that eats plastic and turn the plastic waste into spider silk. Continue reading to learn the full story.
Engineers from Washington University in St. Louis have developed a polymeric amyloid fiber generated from engineered bacteria. The yielded fiber is stronger than the natural spider silk.
Silk, despite its fine fibers, is known as fairly durable material. Combining the natural substance with synthetic components, new composite material can be used for biomedical implants.
Three Bolivian brothers help each other get bitten by a black widow to mimic their favorite superhero, Spiderman. Scientists reveal just how much of the comics are real.