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  2. Spider silk - Wikipedia

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    Spider silk structure: crystalline beta-sheets separated by amorphous linkages. Silks have a hierarchical structure. The primary structure is the amino acid sequence of its proteins (), mainly consisting of highly repetitive glycine and alanine blocks, [4] [5] which is why silks are often referred to as a block co-polymer.

  3. Nishat Group - Wikipedia

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    Nishat Agriculture Farms Limited (NAFL), is a subsidiary of Nishat Group focused on agriculture and farming. It has made substantial investments in agriculture since its inception in 2013. The company currently manages five farms spanning 1,500 acres, including a state-of-the-art dairy farm producing packaged milk in collaboration with a ...

  4. BioSteel (fiber) - Wikipedia

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    BioSteel was a trademark name for a high-strength fiber-based material made of the recombinant spider silk-like protein extracted from the milk of transgenic goats, made by defunct Montreal-based company Nexia Biotechnologies, and later by the Randy Lewis lab of the University of Wyoming and Utah State University. [1]

  5. Is spider silk the next bulletproof material? - AOL

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    The spider silk has a greater tensile strength than steel, and the material is even strong enough to stop a bullet. In terms of everyday usage, spider silk could be a huge game changer when it ...

  6. Scientists spin artificial spider webs to treat chronic wounds

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  7. Spider web - Wikipedia

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    A classic circular form spider's web Infographic illustrating the process of constructing an orb web. A spider web, spiderweb, spider's web, or cobweb (from the archaic word coppe, meaning 'spider') [1] is a structure created by a spider out of proteinaceous spider silk extruded from its spinnerets, generally meant to catch its prey.

  8. Dragon silk - Wikipedia

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    Dragon silk is far more flexible than Kevlar (the material used by US Army to develop body armor). Its flexibility is 38% higher than normal spider silk and is noticeably more flexible than the "Monster silk" from the same laboratory. In percentage, Kevlar's flexibility is 3% and dragon silk's flexibility is 30% to 40%.

  9. List of animals that produce silk - Wikipedia

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    The mussel Pinna nobilis creates silk to bond itself to rocks. It is used to make sea silk. Spiders make spider silk for various purposes such as weaving their webs, protecting their eggs or as a safety line. The amphipod Peramphithoe femorata uses silk to make a nest out of kelp blades. Another amphipod, Crassicorophium bonellii, use silk to ...