(UPI) – A team of scientists at Britain’s Manchester University were awarded a Guinness World Record for using microscopic knots to create the world’s finest woven fabric.
Professor David Leigh and his team of chemists at the university announced they created a method for weaving molecular threads in two-dimensional layers, creating a fabric with a thread count – number of strands per inch – of 40 to 60 million.
The fabric earned the Guinness record for the world’s finest woven fabric, taking the record from an Egyptian linen with a thread count of about 1,500.
