Synthetic Spider Silk Market
The silk of the common spider has some impressive properties. It is one of nature's toughest materials, stronger than steel and tougher than Kevlar. It can be stretched several times its length before breaking. For these reasons, materials scientists have long been obsessed with replicating spider silk in the lab.
Researchers at the University of Cambridge have developed a new material that has the strength, stretchiness, and energy-absorbing capacity of Synthetic Spider Silk. This material has the potential to improve products ranging from bicycle helmets to parachutes to bulletproof jackets to aeroplane wings. Perhaps its most impressive feature? It's 98 percent water.
