We Finally Made Synthetic Spider Silk

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The ability to produce synthetic spider silk would give us bulletproof vests better than Kevlar, biocompatible sutures and wound dressings, and even space elevators. The problem is being able to make it in large amounts. One group may have solved that problem, and changed the definition of "toughness" in the process. Hosted by: Stefan Chin ---------- Support SciShow by becoming a patron on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/scishow ---------- Huge thanks go to the following Patreon supporters for helping us keep SciShow free for everyone forever: Adam Brainard, Alex Hackman, Ash, Benjamin Carleski, Bryan Cloer, charles george, Chris Mackey, Chris Peters, Christoph Schwanke, Christopher R Boucher, DrakoEsper, Eric Jensen, Friso, Garrett Galloway, Harrison Mills, J. Copen, Jaap Westera, Jason A Saslow, Jeffrey Mckishen, Jeremy Mattern, Kenny Wilson, Kevin Bealer, Kevin Knupp, Lyndsay Brown, Matt Curls, Michelle Dove, Piya Shedden, Rizwan Kassim, Sam Lutfi ---------- Looking for SciShow elsewhere on the internet? SciShow Tangents Podcast: https://scishow-tangents.simplecast.com/ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@scishow Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/scishow Instagram: http://instagram.com/thescishow Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/scishow #SciShow #science #education #learning #complexly ---------- Sources: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1389035200000064 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8844500/ https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1742706119306166 https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/BF02396800 https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2214785322027298 https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2590238522005173 https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/1001587 https://cell.com/matter/fulltext/S2590-2385(23)00421-6 https://www.cell.com/matter/fulltext/S2590-2385(22)00517-3 https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/adma.202101498 https://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/document?repid=rep1&type=pdf&doi=089b75ea6b3e72a8fc58c9c6ee65d46bfc6fdafd https://pubs.acs.org/doi/full/10.1021/acssynbio.5b00129?casa_token=bfhGZsCwe_wAAAAA%3AH3G8dVGSRhEVwghQ098CW2N8J-NSptDG2MCfCtTqYIQYSODZxDFmggGixq_KDgSaDsfYApILSUg6dUO7tw Image Sources: https://www.gettyimages.com/detail/video/salticidae-jumping-spider-stock-footage/1015730526 https://www.gettyimages.com/detail/video/spider-building-its-web-stock-footage/625255964 https://www.gettyimages.com/detail/video/natural-of-macro-cobweb-or-spider-web-on-dark-stock-footage/1187075668 https://www.gettyimages.com/detail/video/biologists-are-using-magnifying-glasses-to-look-at-stock-footage/1800222715 https://www.gettyimages.com/detail/video/metal-pipes-stacked-heap-of-shiny-metal-steel-pipes-with-stock-footage/943807070 https://www.gettyimages.com/detail/video/close-up-of-a-soldier-in-a-bulletproof-vest-with-a-group-stock-footage/1471193858 https://www.gettyimages.com/detail/video/cobweb-with-spider-on-dark-backgrounds-stock-footage/1422065450 https://www.gettyimages.com/detail/photo/doctor-doing-surgical-stitches-royalty-free-image/1503253483?phrase=sutures&adppopup=true https://www.gettyimages.com/detail/photo/mans-grip-on-his-painful-elbow-human-arm-pain-royalty-free-image/1536568698?phrase=tendon&adppopup=true https://www.gettyimages.com/detail/video/close-up-slow-motion-video-of-spider-web-in-fog-in-the-stock-footage/1716541493 https://www.gettyimages.com/detail/video/elevator-shaft-perspective-going-down-stock-footage/1479357256 https://www.gettyimages.com/detail/video/blue-synthetic-nylon-mesh-surface-with-a-smooth-seam-stock-footage/1443579102 https://www.gettyimages.com/detail/video/spider-perching-on-cobweb-stock-footage/1363365259 https://www.gettyimages.com/detail/video/hands-of-a-young-woman-breaking-a-pencil-stock-footage/956631096 https://www.gettyimages.com/detail/video/two-red-rubber-band-stock-footage/638851490 https://www.gettyimages.com/detail/video/close-up-small-white-spider-catches-prey-sitting-on-its-stock-footage/1505641447 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:3D_model_hydrogen_bonds_in_water.svg https://www.gettyimages.com/detail/illustration/vector-illustration-of-molecular-structure-royalty-free-illustration/1344728717 https://www.gettyimages.com/detail/photo/abstract-nano-molecular-structure-royalty-free-image/1325638026 https://www.gettyimages.com/detail/video/multiple-shiny-hydrogen-or-oxygen-gas-particles-floating-stock-footage/1483109015 http://tinyurl.com/5ybxwcuk http://tinyurl.com/y3znm7v3 http://tinyurl.com/ytkebasa http://tinyurl.com/dkstzp6s http://tinyurl.com/3bnhyd26 http://tinyurl.com/5efczjnp http://tinyurl.com/5fkyurzb http://tinyurl.com/2je8ezxm http://tinyurl.com/4xkr6acn https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/99/The_schematic_diagram_of_CRISPR-Cas9.webp http://tinyurl.com/5n7yms4n http://tinyurl.com/2yns4y5z http://tinyurl.com/3j4c2ccx http://tinyurl.com/3k6wzyze http://tinyurl.com/mrx83kmr http://tinyurl.com/bdfhpp3f