How a Wash U research team is using spider silk to combat plastic waste
St. Louis on the Air · St. Louis Public Radio
December 13, 202316m 3s
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Show Notes
Researchers at Washington University in St. Louis are using nature as inspiration to combat the growing problem of plastic pollution. In this encore episode, we learn how they’re using a $3.6 million grant to develop sustainably sourced plastics by mimicking natural materials like spider silk fibers.