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The new method uses the natural deterioration of silk's amino acids to determine its age by calculating that change over time—a process known as racemization.
Week in Words 2011
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"I recall leaving that meeting with the clear sense that they would go and do that," says Murdoch.12.04pm: Murdoch is being asked about Colin Myler's recollection of 'let's wait for the silk's view'?
Phone hacking: James Murdoch questioned by MPs - Thursday 10 November 2011
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The rich gold threads, the draw of silk's soft touch, and the history that brought remarkable Caucasian and Ottoman embroideries to an eastern Mediterranean hill are a must-see for visitors to Lebanon.
Magda Abu-Fadil: "Gold and Silk" Revive Past Splendors at Lebanon Museum 2010
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The rich gold threads, the draw of silk's soft touch, and the history that brought remarkable Caucasian and Ottoman embroideries to an eastern Mediterranean hill, are a must-see for visitors to Lebanon.
Magda Abu-Fadil: "Gold and Silk" Revive Past Splendors at Lebanon Museum 2010
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In 2001, George and Alexandra Asseily turned a property they acquired into a delightful museum tracing silk's history and exhibiting splendid examples from around the world.
Magda Abu-Fadil: "Gold and Silk" Revive Past Splendors at Lebanon Museum 2010
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In 2001, George and Alexandra Asseily turned a property they acquired into a delightful museum tracing silk's history and exhibiting splendid examples from around the world.
Magda Abu-Fadil: "Gold and Silk" Revive Past Splendors at Lebanon Museum 2010
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The rich gold threads, the draw of silk's soft touch, and the history that brought remarkable Caucasian and Ottoman embroideries to an eastern Mediterranean hill, ...
Magda Abu-Fadil: "Gold and Silk" Revive Past Splendors at Lebanon Museum 2010
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Using an MRI scanner, they've singled out the silk's key amino acid, alanine, and constructed a new model of its molecular architecture.
Stronger Than Steel 2008
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I'll keep looking: the silk's a little lightweight.
biz, rack, cabling, shirt!, new MAC!, oh - and six severed torsos badger 2002
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When a pollen grain lands on a silk, it puts out a pollen tube that grows down the silk's center and fertilizes the ovule at the other end in a matter of hours.
Chapter 7 1981
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