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Researchers develop eco-friendly leather-like material from silk
The leather industry, a global multi-billion dollar business, requires large numbers of bovine animals to sustain production each year, often with severe environmental repercussions like water and land overuse, deforestation, environmental pollution and greenhouse gas emissions. Researchers at the Tufts University School of Engineering in Medford, Massachusetts, have developed ...
