Plastics – an eight-legged solution

The increase of plastic waste in recent years has probably set scientists’ spider-sense tingling.
Researchers from the University of Cambridge have developed a polymer film that mimics spider silk properties and could potentially replace single-use plastics in consumer products.
Spiders use their silk to create webs that work as sticky nets to catch other animals – spider silk is considered to be one of the strongest materials in nature.
Scientists have used plant proteins to create