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Featured in spider silk

By Oct 25, 2018
Science

Black widow spiders could teach nanomaterial experts a thing or two

Scientists are finally unspooling how spider silk works.
By Nov 9, 2015
Technology

Web Wear: A New Coat Is Made From Biotech Spider Silk

Performance clothes will never be the same
By May 29, 2015
Animals

Limpet Teeth Are Nature’s Strongest Material

So long, spider silk
By May 7, 2015
Animals

Add Graphene To Spider Silk To Create The Strongest Fiber Yet

Web slingers get a high-tech upgrade
By Mar 6, 2015
Science

Transgenic E. coli Spin Tough Spider Silk

That's some bacteria!
By Feb 19, 2015
Animals

Sea Snail’s Teeth Just Dethroned Spider Silk As The Strongest Biological Material

Introducing the limpet as the heavyweight champion of the animal kingdom
By Feb 11, 2015
Eek Squad

Artificial Spider Silk Might Be Better, and Easier, Than Milking Spiders

Spider silk is amazing stuff. Its strength-to-weight ratio is second to none, and it’s biodegradable to boot, making it a...
By Mar 5, 2012
Science

Japanese Researcher Crafts Violin Strings From the Silk of Three Hundred Spiders

Nature’s toughest fiber can make bulletproof vests, future sutures, and even be engineered to come out of goat milk. Now...
By Jan 31, 2012
Science

Video: Skin Augmented With Spider-Silk Stops a Speeding Bullet

Extolling the many virtues of spider silk is something of a trend these days, as the fine yet remarkably hardy...
By Mar 5, 2011
Technology

Taiwanese Researchers Developing Bendable E-Readers and Screens Made From Silk

Your next smartphone could be manufactured by goats