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[QUOTE]To make carbon-reinforced silk, Yingying Zhang and her colleagues at Tsinghua University fed the worms mulberry leaves sprayed with aqueous solutions containing 0.2% by weight of either carbon nanotubes or graphene and then collected the silk after the worms spun their cocoons, as is done in standard silk production. Treating already spun silk would require dissolving the nanomaterials in toxic chemical solvents and applying those to the silk, so the feeding method is simpler and more environmentally friendly.[/QUOTE]
[QUOTE]First of all, it was tougher. The carbon-enhanced silk could support 50% higher stress before breaking and was twice as rough. After being heated up to 1,050 °C, the new and improved silk also conducted electricity, unlike regular silk. Granted, it’s not clear just how efficient this is and how long the material would maintain its properties but there could be some very significant applications in smart textiles and sensors.[/QUOTE]
[QUOTE]while this is promising, many questions still remain. For starters, it’s still not clear whether this is feasible from an economic standpoint. Also, biologically, researchers aren’t really sure what’s happening. We don’t know how much of the graphene/nanotubes is absorbed, nor how the substance is synthesized into the silk.[/QUOTE]
[url]http://www.digitaltrends.com/cool-tech/graphene-eating-silkworms/[/url]
[url]http://cdanews.com/2016/10/silkworms-spin-super-thread-after-munching-on-graphene/[/url]
[url]https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/silkworms-spin-super-silk-after-eating-carbon-nanotubes-and-graphene/[/url]
[url]http://www.zmescience.com/science/biology/silkworm-graphene-carbon-10102016/[/url]
Oh fuck, I wounder if that one spidergoat could have something similar done to it.
Graphene is a very interesting material, and I want to see it replace Silicon for processors.
Graphene is the real life adamantium
This is so cool. But I do wonder, what if you could introduce nanotubes into the diet of a Darwin's bark spider? Adding the nano-magic of graphene to the strongest natural fibre on Earth, I imagine you'd have some pretty legendary silk, albeit balls-hard to try and mass produce.
So until we engineer silkworms to spin silk as strong as Darwin's bark silk, feeding them that graphene dew is a fine step forward.
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[QUOTE=JoeSkylynx;51204908]Oh fuck, I wounder if that one spidergoat could have something similar done to it.[/QUOTE]
They probably would have, though it only shows up in their milk from what I've heard. Sadly, "spidergoats" can't actively spin silk, they don't have full-on spinnerets near their bums. I doubt that anyone yet knows the required sequences to cause a mammal, or any animal, to develop external spinnerets.
I like how it sounds like the researchers went off a hunch and fed them graphene, because they don't have a clue how the silk became infused with it.
[quote] After being heated up to 1,050 °C, the new and improved silk also conducted electricity[/quote]
Sounds like they finally found something to make the next generation of AMD cards out of.
What happens if i eat graphene
Does my shit become super strong
Do i literally shit bricks
[QUOTE=Ignhelper;51205728]What happens if i eat graphene
Does my shit become super strong
Do i literally shit bricks[/QUOTE]
You probibly end up with cancer as loads of little bits of carbon nanotube and graphite particles line your inner stomach, It's known to be highly carcinogenic if breathed in, I could imagine a similar thing where it lines your stomach if eaten.
Sorry for the letdown :(
[QUOTE=genpung;51205691]I like how it sounds like the researchers went off a hunch and fed them graphene, because they don't have a clue how the silk became infused with it.[/QUOTE]
To be fair, apparently this is how the scientific process goes sometimes. People just do shit and record the outcome. Usually with a bit more theoretical basis though...
[QUOTE=Nitrowing;51205705]Sounds like they finally found something to make the next generation of AMD cards out of.[/QUOTE]
Imagine having to heat your pc with a hairdryer before starting it.
Now form it into a liquid compressed solution, high durable wiring launcher and Boom! Spiderman!
[QUOTE=jiggu;51206091]Imagine having to heat your pc with a hairdryer before starting it.[/QUOTE]
More like blast furnace oven
[QUOTE=Blizzerd;51207225]More like blast furnace oven[/QUOTE]
That's perfect, SLI it with a non-graphene Nvidia card and problem solved.
[QUOTE=Blizzerd;51207225]More like blast furnace oven[/QUOTE]
Literal blast processing.
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