New podcast is out: Spider silk special!
Spider silk is one of the toughest materials on earth – it’s super light, durable and sustainable. Is spider silk the raw material for clothes and protective gear of the future?
Cat chats to Dr Sean Blamires whose research explores ways to harness the spider silk’s special features for human use.
Listen in to the story:
bit.ly/BoilingPointScience | https://lnkd.in/gZMvW2Q | or whereever you get your podcasts from
Links:
A golden garment made out of the silk of over 1 million Madagascan spiders. It’s possible. But you probably don’t wanna try this at home:
https://lnkd.in/gJqUVVE#silk#spiders

SSRL collaborator headlines the ACS youtube channel
June 30, 2020

DST visit to SSRL cancelled
April 3, 2020

AOS Australian Conference on Optical Fibre Technology (ACOFT) and Australian Conference on Optics, Lasers, and Spectroscopy (ACOLS) 2019
September 15, 2019

Frontiers in Silk Science and Technologies Conference, Buonconsiglio Castle, Trento, Italy
July 4, 2019