Silkworms Inspire the Design of a New Nanofiber Spinning Method

Did you know that silk fabric is made from … well, worm spit- The way that silkworms wind their cocoons from fibers in their slimy saliva is now helping scientists more easily make new biomedical materials. Researchers reporting in ACS' Nano Letters have mimicked the seemingly simple head bobbing of silkworms to create more consistent micro- and nanofibers with less equipment than other approaches.