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Body armour made from silk is being developed – but this apparently cutting-edge idea is centuries old

FeyginFoto / Shutterstock Lloyd Strickland, Manchester Metropolitan University Separate teams of Chinese and American scientists are reported to…

byLloyd Strickland

April 22, 2024