Scanning electron microscopy images of fibers from engineered spider silk. To validate their computational findings, the Northwestern team used spectroscopy techniques to examine how the protein ...

The number of times I have walked into a spider web is pretty comical. At first, I saw them as a nuisance during my forest adventures, but upon a closer look with my macro lens, I began to notice that ...

Many researchers dream of deciphering the amazing ability of spiders to create super strong, super light, and super flexible silk threads - but so far, no one has been able to replicate the spiders' ...

Scientists discovered that when common spiders are sprayed with a graphene solution, they produce silk far stronger than anything humans can currently manufacture. The video explores how this ...

Researchers at Karolinska Institutet have found that spiders have a special trick to make their silk strong, by using a natural biocompatible molecular enhancer. By using the same secret the ...

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NEW YORK (Reuters Life!) - A tapestry woven with the silk of more than 1 million spiders has been put on display at the American Museum of Natural History in New York as scientists struggle to ...

Many researchers dream of deciphering the amazing ability of spiders to create super strong, super light, and super flexible silk threads - but so far, no one has been able to replicate the spiders' ...

Now that’s how you upcycle. In a recent study, researchers at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute were able to gene-hack a strain of bacteria to turn wasteful polyethylene plastic into a spider silk-like ...

It's safe to say most of us are familiar with spider webs. We're familiar with what they look like, and how they feel to the touch, too! These thin threads of silk are, in fact, pretty special. They ...