filament
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One guide suggests beginners start with polylactic acid filament, a generally nontoxic material made primarily of cornstarch or sugar cane.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 15, 2026
The study, led by Davide Tornotti, PhD student at the University of Milano-Bicocca, produced the sharpest image ever captured of a cosmic filament stretching roughly 3 million light-years.
From Science Daily ● May 16, 2026
Edison and his team tested more than 6,000 vegetable fibers over 18 months before settling on bamboo filament.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 24, 2026
As people have begun to print more and more whistles, they’ve also tacked on their own unique touches to the designs: messages of protest, information about immigrants’ rights hotlines, special filament colors.
From Slate ● Jan. 31, 2026
Retrace the filament and you go back to the cocoon’s beginning in a tiny knot, a first tentative loop.
From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides
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