Chaetoblasts, which are specialized cells in worms, govern this biological process. These cells produce chitin, a tough, ...

Ifuku solved the problem by crushing chitin with a special technique and nano engineering the material into fiber the thickness of one ten-thousandth of a human hair, making it easy to process.

Chitin is the primary building material both ... Florian Raible explains, "The process begins with the tip of the bristle, followed by the middle section and finally the base of the bristles.