Engineers can make a material that is stiffer than the real thing. Starting with silk produced by silkworms, breaking it down chemically, and then reassembling it, the new material can be shaped into complex structures such as meshes and lattices.
from Engineering and Construction News – ScienceDaily https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2017/11/171109093300.htm
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