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Want to keep fruits fresh without refrigeration? Put a silk coating

Edit Indian Express 07 May 2016
Silk coating prolonged the freshness of the fruits by slowing fruit respiration, extending fruit firmness and preventing decay ... Your favourite apples and bananas can stay fresh for more than a week without refrigeration if they are coated in a thin, odourless, biocompatible silk solution, says a study. Silk’s unique crystalline structure makes it one of nature’s toughest materials....

Silk Coating Can Keep Fruit Fresh Without Refrigeration

Edit NDTV 07 May 2016
The silk coating decreased the bananas' ripening rate compared with uncoated controls and added firmness to the fruit by preventing softening of the peel. ....

Dominance of New Silk Road oil refining gains momentum

Edit Khaleej Times 07 May 2016
The might of oil refiners along the New Silk Road - stretching from Beijing to Lagos - is gaining influence, especially as European suppliers shrink back after more than a century of dominance. China is by far the refining behemoth along the New Silk Road, closely followed by a highly-competitive India and an increasingly well-equipped Gulf....

LA museum recreates China's caves

Edit China Daily 07 May 2016
For a thousand years, China's Cave Temples of Dunhuang were a popular traveler's resting stop, marketplace and religious shrine on the fabled Silk Road ... Buddhist Art on the Silk Road, which opens on Saturday ... That wasn't the case from the fourth to the 14th centuries, when the Silk Road was teeming with travelers....

Jet-setting diva! Kate Beckinsale dons silk trousers and leather-fringed pumps to catch flight out of LAX

Edit The Daily Mail 07 May 2016
You'll never catch this 42-year-old actress traveling in sweatpants or Uggs ... ....

The end of the mouldy fruit bowl? Scientists discover microscopic silk covering to keep food fresh

Edit The Daily Telegraph 07 May 2016
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Ferne McCann is smouldering in a silk wrap dress as she puts on a leggy ...

Edit The Daily Mail 07 May 2016
She is fast becoming a champion of high street glam, dazzling viewers day in and day out with her style credentials on This Morning ... ....

China, Italy eye strengthened co-op in wide-ranging sectors (The Central People's Government of the People's Republic of China)

Edit Public Technologies 07 May 2016
(Source. The Central People's Government of the People's Republic of China) ... He welcomed Italy's participation in the China-proposed Belt and Road Initiative, which comprises the Silk Road Economic Belt and the 21st Century Maritime Silk Road aimed at building a trade and infrastructure network connecting Asia with Europe and Africa along the ancient Silk Road routes. 'We have to work together to bring our people closer,' Wang said....

ICBC Chairman Jiang is set to retire

Edit China Daily 07 May 2016
China's largest commercial lender by assets is on the verge of replacing its chairman, people with knowledge of the matter said on Friday ... A person, who declined to be named, said the bank held an internal meeting this week to discuss the matter ... They included 123 branches in 18 countries and regions along the routes of the Belt and Road Initiative, which refers to the Silk Road Economic Belt and the 21st Century Maritime Silk Road. ....

Shipwreck Clothing Discovery Shows How the One Percent Lived

Edit Topix 07 May 2016
The regal contents of a 17th-century shipwreck have gone on display in a Dutch museum, 374 years after the vessel that was transporting the luxury clothing and objects sank in the North Sea. Artifacts from the shipwreck include an elaborate silk gown, stockings and bodices, an embroidered purse, and a lice comb ... ....

China and Kazakhstan sign $2 billion in deals as Xinjiang party chief ...

Edit Topix 07 May 2016
Beijing keen to restore stability in Xinjiang, a key part of its 'One Belt, One Road' strategy to develop transport links across Asia and beyond China and Kazakhstan signed US$2 billion in deals during a trip to the Central Asian country by the Communist Party chief of China's far western region of Xinjiang, state media said on Friday, as Beijing promotes its new Silk Road initiative ... ....

Two arrested for killing a weaver

Edit The Hindu 07 May 2016
A silk weaver was found murdered near Cheyyar and his neighbour with whom he had a minor quarrel earlier is ......

The Midnight Experience: An invigorating night to remember

Edit The Examiner 07 May 2016
... his advantage and showcases impressive costumes; and contortionist Ekaterina who can put her entire foot in her mouth and swing fluidly above the crowd in silk cloths....
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