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\nFiorenzo Omenetto shares 20+ astonishing new uses for silk, one of nature's most elegant materials -- in transmitting light, improving sustainability, adding strength and making medical leaps and bounds. On stage, he shows a few...\nFiorenzo Omenetto shares 20+ astonishing new uses for silk, one of nature's most elegant materials -- in transmitting light, improving sustainability, adding strength and making medical leaps and bounds. On stage, he shows a few intriguing items made of the versatile stuff.\n
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9:33
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12th - Higher Ed
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2011
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English
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medicine, design, biomimicry, drugs, silk, water, protein
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biology, medicine without borders, a greener future?, science, animals that amaze, the creative spark, life, what's next in tech, tales of invention, invention, green, inspired by nature, textile industry, reflective tape, liquid kevlar, remarkable thing, tissue section, human body, starting material, tissue, material, body, bone, sustainable, penicillin, deliver, formats, thrilled, kind, make, biodegradable, clock, edible, reintegrated, technological, microelectronics, fact, silkworm
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