“Small yet rigid crystals showed the ability to quickly re-form their broken bonds, and as a result fail ‘gracefully’ — that is, gradually rather than suddenly,” graduate student Keten explains.

“微小但刚硬的晶体显示了天然丝迅速对断裂的化学键进行重组织的能力，同时作为‘温和地’失灵的一种结果——就是说，逐渐失灵比突然失灵要好，”研究生凯滕解释说。

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