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“It’s just weird,” says Antkowiak. The silk’s properties are seemingly the result of its dual nature. “The spiral silk is composed of filament decorated by glue droplets,” says Antkowiak.
The long-awaited opening of Taiwan's first ever silk and filament weaving industrial zone will take place later this month, officials announced today. President Chen Shui-bian is expected to be among ...