Stronger than steel : spider silk DNA and the quest for better bulletproof vests, sutures, and parachute rope /
Bridget Heos ; with photographs by Andy Comins.
- Boston : Houghton Mifflin Books for Children, 2013.
- 79 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 24 x 29 cm.
- Scientists in the field .
- Scientists in the field. .
Includes bibliographical references (p. 78) and index.
Pub Weekly Pub Weekly, January 2013
Discusses the work scientists are doing with the golden orb weaver spider, whose web silk is nearly indestructible, and genetically engineered goats, whose milk contains the proteins needed to artificially spin the spider silk and produce it in a quantity that will make it realistic to use in health care, in body armor, in parachutes, and much more.