Silk is a fibrous protein, produced in glands within the spider or silkworm and some insects.

丝类是一种纤维蛋白，由蜘蛛或者桑蚕和某些昆虫的腺体所产生。

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Dry spider silk forms a necklace-like structure.

干燥的蜘蛛丝形成类似项链的结构。

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ENGINEERS who would like to exploit the accumulated evolutionary wisdom embodied in biological materials are fascinated by silk—particularly spider silk.

意图运用生物材料方面不断积累的知识的工程师们正着迷于丝这一材料，尤其是蜘蛛丝。

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Both were interested in the idea of making a textile piece from silk of the golden orb spider.

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Mister Peers had researched stories of spider silk being used by human weavers.

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Each spider produced a line of silk about three hundred fifty meters long.

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It's a model that scientists have tried with spider silk before, but because the proteins in spider silk are so large, it takes some pretty wacky-sounding techniques to replicate them (like getting it from the milk of transgenic goats).

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Nexia became known as the spider-silk company, after it created transgenic goats capable of producing spider silk (which is, in fact, a form of protein) in their milk.

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Nexia is tackling a materials-science conundrum that has stumped even DuPont for 20 years:how to synthesize spider silk.

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