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the silk is spun out of this proof. that happens when a phosphate compound is added it causes the thread in the protein secreted by the bacteria to solidify the end product is artificially generated spider so. but a spider doesn't just produce one type of silk there are many all with different special properties. the silk they used to wrap their prey for example has a very smooth surface that makes it hard for germs and fun guy to gain a foothold it's like a natural plastic wrap that could have medical applications pushpins ideations i just love the ancient greeks knew that spider silk helped wounds heal that it didn't trigger an immune response. christie even described it in her miss marple books how spider webs can be used to cover a wound so they heal faster. but if this is half the science is now helping us to understand what's behind the phenomenon. that involves the surface structure of the spider silk that's how an idea was born to apply it to existing implants and equip them with a protective shield. and then th

nature's finest artificial spider silk has researchers spinning. the life of beans what goes on inside their hives. and inventory a laser that creates a digital scan of forests. the art of modern architecture delicate structures made from reinforced concrete and fiberglass that are incredibly stable with a little help from nature researchers are now developing a range of high tech materials with some amazing characteristics. this is the inspiration for what could be the super material of the future. spider so this researchers all wrapped up it's stronger than steel yet more flexible than rubber nature's high performance raw material but obtaining the silk directly from spiders is difficult even in tiny amounts it could never be profitable. at the university of by right in southern germany toma scheibel has been researching potential industrial applications for a super silk. we've made some decisive breakthroughs first we managed to recreate the raw material both in terms of mechanical properties and scale ability that means it could be made on an i

business deals with chinese leaders micron's visit began in hsien the starting point of the ancient silk road in a not to beijing's efforts to revive the trading route. this is predicted to be a great one for i.p.o.'s in almost three hundred billion dollars bonanza for public listings of companies which means you can start investing in them who shares could you get your hands on and twenty eighteen will let you know also coming out watch out tesla startup bites and is revealing its vision for the future of electric mobility in las vegas but can that go with fellow chinese firms fail and going dry towns worst drought in decades coping with the harsh conditions is one thing but it's also leading to job cuts we'll tell you why. i'm done here winter and this is a business update tech firms are lining up to go public you could soon be buying a slice of the likes of spotify and dropbox analysts say the market for initial public offerings is that cold could total two hundred ninety billion dollars and twenty eighty but the biggest i.p.o. expected isn't a newfangled startup. if saudi arabian oil

i think that the new silk road initiative can bring our interests into alignment those of france and europe if we give ourselves the means to work together. the plan will see gleaming new road and rail links through central asia drastically cutting shipping times but it's raised concerns of chinese expansionism markets flooded with ever cheaper chinese imports and countries living in the shadow of beijing's military. a project to upgrade a key rail line in serbia at the other end of the silk road raised fears what was buying was influence the french president said the new trade route had to benefit both sides he says these roads cannot be one way there have to be comings and goings. and these roads can't be those of a new had gemini that would transform the countries they cross into vassals. there's not much chance of these chinese soldiers will be marching into europe but emmanuel mccall will still have to allay fears the silk road won't become a conveyor belt for other types of chinese mass production. to cape town where water levels in local reservoirs are dangerously low the city

building bridges between china and france and backing the new silk road between continents the french president is on a three day visit with trade talking his chinese agenda what do the potential deals mean for both asia and the world this is inside story. hello to and welcome to the program. it's being described as a new stage and french diplomacy as well as potential trade deals being signed president emanuel is on his first official visit to china economic issues of the focus of a three day trip as well as north korean nuclear missiles climate change and investments in africa we'll look at those issues in just a moment mccaughan has been speaking in the ancient city of c.r. . you know. it is and it's up to europe in asia to france and china to define and come up with the rules of a game we could all win or lose i have come here to tell china that i am determined to move the euro china partnership into the twenty first century so that it fits in this new framework that we need to define together europe will embrace this new strategy because it is now aware of its role and its place

of silk. robert: yeah, the idea kind of evolved from another idea. tam: yeah. robert: all right, how difficult was it to actually then come up with all the things that you needed to make it happen? tam: oh, it was, like--it was really difficult. me and colleen had, like, to research a lot. we spent, like, a lot of time researching and reading. robert: colleen, what was sort of the breakthrough? when did you sort of feel like, "oh, we're gonna be able to do this"? colleen: i think the breakthrough was definitely when we got the silk--the thread silk to finally dissolve into a liquid solution. robert: i think, heidi, that's sort of what i've always liked about this contest. it's not just coming up with ideas and concepts, it's actually going out and trying to make it actually happen, huh? heidi: it's really an eye-opening experience for the students. when i was in the classroom, i would always have the students do a project, because, you know, we have a saying that if it stinks, it's biology; if

should also get more good and i think that the new silk road initiative can bring our interests into alignment those of france and europe if we give ourselves the means to work together. the plan will see gleaming new road and rail links through central asia drastically cutting shipping times but it's raised concerns of chinese expansionism markets flooded with ever cheaper chinese imports. the french president said the new trade route had to benefit both sides. he says. these roads cannot be one way there must be comings and goings. and if these roads cannot be those of a new head germany that would transform the countries they cross into vassals. there's not much chance these chinese soldiers will be marching into europe but emanuel mccrone will still have to allay fears the silk road won't become a conveyor belt for chinese mass production. french prosecutors have launched a preliminary investigation of u.s. tech giant apple over alleged deception and planned obsolescence of its products under french law the company could face a fine of up to five percent of its annual sales apple

i think that the new silk road initiative can bring our interests into alignment those of france and europe if we give ourselves the means to work together. the plan will see gleaming new road and rail links through central asia drastically cutting shipping times but it's raised concerns of chinese expansionism markets flooded with ever cheaper chinese imports and countries living in the shadow of beijing's military. a project to upgrade a key rail line in serbia at the other end of the silk road raised fears what was buying was influence. the french president said the new trade route had to benefit both sides he said these roads cannot be one way there have to be comings and goings. and the both of these roads can't be those of a new had gemini that would transform the countries they cross into vassals. there's not much chance of these chinese soldiers will be marching into europe but emmanuel mccall will still have to allay fears the silk road won't become a conveyor belt for other types of chinese mass production. tech firms are lining up to go public you could soon be buying a sl

it's like faux silk. >> something cool about wearing spider silk. >> this can bear the weight of a carg wear and tear from what has already been a relief but first this is "today" on nbc. relief. first, this is "today" on nbc. >>> we are back. 8:47. much country has been bracing weeks of bone chilling cold it can take a cold on your skin. here with easy remedies is dr. wattenberg. this is the time of year when my skin is like a pto what are the things we need to know. >> so the cold air makes your skin super dehydrated, you want to shorten hotgtnj showers, the feel good but with not great for our skin. apply moisturizer directly on to wet skin. you want to drink plenty of water, skip the alcohol if you can and apply a little hydrocortisone cream on to any dry spots and don't forget the sunscreen. we see some of the worst sun burns during that time. >> i'm literally doing everything wrong. okay. let's start here, these are base moisturizers that pump up the hydration. >> everybody knows about moisturizer, but some of the things people forget about are masks and oils.úcáe masks are fabul

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painted on silk. customers pay between five and twenty five thousand euros to decorate a single room. something that's handmade you can actually feel the imperfections and that's what makes it beautiful you can see the brush strokes you can see that human has. made that product and you can feel. it when you in the room. this is the home of the company as a child he loved his parents painted. but later he searched in vain for a wallpaper company for his own home. he came up with the idea for his company so i don't think we should. i think we should be calling them or. something like that it creates a wonderful. country. environment in a place where otherwise you walk outside and there are. pollution. is just very pretty. painted designs maybe on affordable for most of the interior design is generally just back in fashion becoming more. and more and more. countless manufacturers now. have designs often digitally printed and much more affordable and there are definite trends to elaborate patterns have ma

the silk in the land. that means huge potential for industrial and medical applications. but spider silk still holds lots of surprises in store. today thirteen of those are going. to play. lying dormant shoka leipzig a big favorite seems we've got all the best goals we've got all the action the double is the home the job and the ball shared experience every bad day if someone just legal every weekend here on d w. d w true diversity. where the world of science is at home in many languages. on top of that i've been going there to have you with us our innovations magazine for in asia the us from the for every week and always look into the future on t w dot com science and research forty shots. europe. what unites. us what divides. the public good trudging force. what binds the continent to counter claims answers and stories of plenty of. spotlight on people. going to focus on girls on g.w. . pope francis has arrived in chile the first stop of this week long lets in america trip history should meet with indige

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she revamped and rejuvenated the family owned brand and with its signature is zig zags an intricate silk and woollen knits missoni as one of the very few houses that manages to transcend the fashion side guys and we met up with angela missoni in north of milan where family life and company headquarters have always been intertwined. colorful knits luxurious fabrics patterned with stripes or zig zags this is the unmistakable style of italian fashion house missoni as seen here in its collection for summer twenty eight. angela missoni has been creative director of the family run firm for twenty years. twenty years at twenty years it's enormous it's and life sometimes for other brands rights of course my parents invented. we very rare in fashion. in the one nine hundred seventy s. missoni look was a trendsetter the labels founders rosita and otavio missoni captured the spirit of the times but when times changed missoni was suddenly out of. the couple's daughter angela revamped the labels village when she took over the business in one thousand nine hundred ninety seven what i've done i've. i t

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a project to upgrade a key rail line in serbia at the other end of the silk road raised fears what was buying was influence the french president said the new trade route had to benefit both sides he says these roads cannot be one way there have to be comings and goings. it would end up with these roads can't be those of a new had germany that would transform the countries they cross into vassals. there's not much chance of these chinese soldiers will be marching into europe but emmanuel mccall will still have to allay fears the silk road won't become a conveyor belt for other types of chinese mass production. including the new tech on show at the c.e.'s in las vegas now it's back to thanks so much daniel we're going to head to egypt now where the country's coptic christians have held their christmas celebrations just days after attacks on a church and a christian own shop left ten people dead in cairo christmas mass was held in a new cathedral amid tight security egypt's president attended the service in a show of solidarity with the christian minority which is increasingly being targe

>> this is yeast that are making spider silks. more cells and make silk protein. we put it into fibrous. they are streamed out and they turn into a solid. >> reporter: in march, the company released its first product, a spider silk tie. >> we launched a number of these to show this technology can work. this was grown in a fermenter, spun into fibefibers. >> reporter: $300 for that tie. they hope to spin for a mass audience, soon. what's the point for a shopper to splurge a little more? >> i think a lot of people will continue to go with fast fashion. things that start as a new technology and material, maybe what you find in your fast fashion tomorrow. >> reporter: for "today," jo ling kent, emoeryvillmeryville, california. >> how is that tie? >> i'll sell you this tie for $290. >> what a deal. >> it's faux silk. >> this can bear the weight of a car. >> you could scale a building with that tie. >>> just ahead, is your skin showing wear and tear for what's been a brutal winter? the guys can't stop talking about this. there's new way

it was the start of the historic silk road that connected china and europe.eijing has been trying to connect t that road foror yearst the response hasas been cold and will now. macron said it is time to get behind the initiative. >> the n new initiative can brig us into alliance with france and europe if we work together. correspondent: the plan will see nenew road l links and shippppig links througughout asi itit has raised worries of chine expansionism and country living in the shadow of beijing's military. a project to upgrade a key rail line in serbia raised fears of what beijing was buying was influence. the french president said the new trade route had to benefit both sides. >> these r roads cannot be one way. there e has to be cummings and goings. these roads cannot be those of a new hegemony that would transform the country they cross into vassals. correspondent: there's not much chance of these chinese soldiers will be marching into your but emmanuel macron will have to avoid fears that the silk road will become a way for more chinese mass production

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he began by visiting the site of the silk road. macron is now in beijing where he is meeting with the chinese president. we will talk more about his aree-day visit -- this is state visit and for both partners, a real golden opportunity here. it's interesting. france has nowhere near the punching power of the u.s. we saw donald trump's recent visit where he was wined and dined in the for bit and silly. macron is not going to get that treatment. france has a special relationship. france opened up to china before richard nixon was doing it in the u.s. and getting all the headlines. going back to september 1960 5 -- this is quite a quote. he said at a press conference china is in a position to have a global leading role. -- going back to september 1965. charles de gaulle's statement from 1965 seems more prescient than ever. they are there to special moment. we have the u.s. down and out with an erratic president -- at least from china's perspective, seen as very erratic, not perhaps on china. on a lot of issues, especially trade -- you

where this was their time now to head for the old silk exchange another famous landmark in valencia i guess that was done for them you know. what oh and yes we're very proud of this building it was declared a unesco world heritage site in one nine hundred ninety six on december the seventh birthday if that wasn't there but i mean i suspect this is the most impressive room he's on with it's elegant columnist in a theater they say that they say your. silk another products were traded here from the fifteenth century all months for naught it will be imported. you've. got. this thing. another that's actually my i also like to hear because it is around the old central and south african i think this district with its narrow streets is called elk out of manhattan and used to be pretty run down and then some twenty years ago restoration began and now a lot of young people live here. and the people there. the worse the old buildings have interesting features like cast on balconies that are decorated with tiles yet another scorn that recall for the region i mean we put up your that. they have ah

put out there for their time now to head for the old silk exchange another famous landmark and silence if i could i just don't fit in there you know. what a well aimed at us and we're very proud of this building it was declared a unesco world heritage site in one nine hundred ninety six on december the seventh in my birthday if that wasn't authentic what i mean i suspect this is the most impressive room he's on with it's elegant columnist ellis in a three looking thing they say that they say your. silk another products were traded here from the fifteenth century all months for naught it will be important. stuff. this is a. one other thing i also like to take your mate is it is around the old central and south but then i think this district with its narrow streets is called elk out of mad and used to be pretty rundown with about then some twenty years ago restoration began and now a lot of young people live here. even what happened there when the people they cast out on the worse the old buildings have interesting features like cast on balconies the top decorated with tiles you know now

david: the silk road ensemble and the silk road endeavor that you put together, could you explain what and why it is important to you? yo-yo: well, i think it is a response to the kinds of questions you are asking me about classical music. sort of, you know, wait a minute, how come -- i was asking those same questions of myself, and what i discovered, you know, in beginning to find some answers that first of all, there are so many ways of expression through sound that are, some have been traditions that are thousands of years old. there are many classical musics, and i thought that classical music in itself should actually be able to, because that is part of its tradition, to encompass a larger world. ♪ yo-yo: yo-yo: -- one thing that music does, it connects people's conscious and subconscious. people respond to music both emotionally, but also analytically, and so if you can combine both of those things in one form, you can go very deep into communicating content. david: you are seen as a symbol of the importance of culture, and is this an important part of your life and your legacy?