Making Spider-Strength Materials

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Genetically modified bacteria can produce enough proteins for super-strong spider silk. Researchers have been trying to make artificial spider silk--a lightweight, tougher-than-steel material that could have countless industrial applications--for decades. In an important step toward that goal, researchers at Tufts University have created genetically engineered microbes that produce more of the proteins needed to make spider silk than ever before.