No other creature on earth has raised the art of spinning silk to such perfection.

没有其它生物能将纺艺术发展得如此完美。

We could take dope directly from spiders.

我们可以直接从蜘蛛身上提取纺液。

At the moment, those threads are created by a process called melt-spinning.

目前，这些线程是通过一种叫做熔融纺过程创建。

Or, we could engineer bacteria or other organisms to make dope for us.

改造细菌其他有机体来生产纺液。

As the dope travels through a duct in the spider's abdomen, the spidroins form chains and other structures.

当“纺液”通过蜘蛛腹部一个导管时，蜘蛛蛋白形成链条等结构。

Dr Stachewicz and Mr Ura propose instead to use a technique called electrospinning. This also involves a hollow needle.

斯塔切薇兹博士和尤拉先生提议使用一种叫做静电纺术，这也涉及空心针。

Individual spiders — even enormous ones — can't really give us a useful amount of dope.

单个蜘蛛——即使是巨大蜘蛛——都无法真正为我们提供大量纺液。

Here's how spiders do it: They store proteins called “spidroins” in a liquid crystalline solution called “dope.”

它们将“蜘蛛蛋白”储存在一种叫做“纺液”液晶溶液中。

By electro-spinning that silky material onto a flat surface, they create a mesh material.

通过将这种质材料静电纺到一个平面上，他们创造了一种网状材料。

Studies indicate that the average spin from a co-polyester string is 25% greater than that from natural string or other synthetics.

研究表明，共聚酯绳平均纺比天然绳其他合成纤维平均纺高 25%。

The truth is that we just don't know enough about the spidroin-encoding genes, or the biological process of transforming dope into silk.

事实上，我们对于蜘蛛蛋白基因编码和纺液转化为蛛生物学过程了解不多。

" It is a surprise to me to learn that the wool has to go through so much before it comes to the spinning, " Thornton said.

“当我得知羊毛在纺之前要经过很多工序时，我感到很惊讶，”桑顿说。

To make silk ourselves, we not only have to figure out a way to replicate the dope — we also have to figure out how to spin it.

我们如果想要自己生产出蛛，不仅要找出复制出纺液方法，还必须弄清楚如何把它纺成。

One consequence of electrospinning is that the voltage attracting the thread from needle to drum also attracts or repels, according to their polarity, the charges on the molecules within.

静电纺一个结果是，根据针管内部分子极性，将线从针管吸引到滚筒电压也会吸引排斥其中电荷。

Dr Stachewicz theorised that careful manufacture via a process known as electrospinning could lend the sheet a slight electrical charge that would prove attractive to water droplets in fog.

斯塔切维奇博士理论是，通过一种名为静电纺工艺精心制造，可以使薄片带上轻微电荷，从而吸引雾中水滴。