Reeled silk from silkworm cocoons (IMAGE)

Tufts University

Reeled silk from silkworm cocoons

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Silk, shown here in reeled form and cocoons, can be fused under carefully controlled conditions of temperature and pressure to make exceptionally strong materials. 

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Qichen Zhou

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