'Vegan spider silk' provides sustainable alternative to single-use plastics (IMAGE)

University of Cambridge

'Vegan spider silk' provides sustainable alternative to single-use plastics

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An example of a replacement for single-use plastic in consumer products, produced by mimicking the properties of spider silk, one of the strongest materials in nature.

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Xampla

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