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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, Asia, Business/Finance, China, Company: Alibaba, Company: PayTM Mobile, Country: Malaysia, e-commerce, e-commerce platform, Economy, Economy of China, Foreign relations of China, Maritime Silk Road, One Belt One Road, Silk, Silk Roadsmbale

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, 2015InnovationBacteria, Biomaterial, BIOMATERIALS, Escherichia coli, Health/Medical/Pharmaceuticals, Materials science, 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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