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Tag Archives: Silk

16Apr/17

China’s Alibaba to build cyber Silk Road by creating global e-commerce platforms

April 16, 2017InternetAlibaba Group, AliExpress, Ant Financial, Asia, Business, Business/Finance, China, China Central Television, Companies, Company: Alibaba, Company: PayTM Mobile, Corporation Sdn Bhd, Country: Malaysia, Deepak Abbot, e-commerce, e-commerce platform, Economy, Economy of China, Foreign relations of China, India, Jack Ma, Malaysia, Maritime Silk Road, Moscow, One Belt One Road, Paytm, Retailing, Russia, Silk, Silk Road, Singles' Day, Song Juntao, Yasmin Mahmoodsmbale

China Central Television (CCTV) – China’s e-commerce giant Alibaba Group has been developing cross-border e-commerce platforms in countries along the Silk Road Economic Belt and the 21st-Century Maritime Silk Road, promoting the idea of building a “cyber Silk Road”.
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10Apr/15

Scientists in a spin over synthetic spider silk

April 10, 2015Innovationanimal products, Bacteria, BAYREUTH, Biomaterial, BIOMATERIALS, Escherichia coli, Germany, Health/Medical/Pharmaceuticals, Materials, Materials science, Medical specialties, OF DEPARTMENT OF BIOMATERIALS, Polyamides, Professor, Silk, Spider, Spider anatomy, Spider silk, Spinning, Textile, Thomas Scheibelsmbale

BAYREUTH, GERMANY (REUTERS) – It’s strong enough to capture prey and is so durable it could be woven into a fabric. Yet creating a synthetic version of spider silk has challenged researchers, because it’s extremely difficul to harvest silk from the insects.
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