Some of the world’s strongest materials are naturally made like the silk spiders use to make their webs which, pound for pound, is actually 5 times stronger than steel. In this episode, Danni Washington will look into how we’re looking toward nature to make our other things strongerà like glass, metals, and even ourselves!

Originally released by Rotfeld Productions, 2016. Streaming video file encoded with permission for digital streaming by Infobase on April 06, 2018.

Spider Silk Worms (5:36); --Gradient Metals (4:25); -- Laser Engraved Glass (4:35); -- Artificial Muscles (6:46); -- Final Thoughts on Muscle Mimicry (0:0-16); .