Spider silk is incredibly lightweight, yet tougher than many synthetic materials, making it a marvel of natural engineering. How Spiders Create Webs The process of creating a web is a delicate and ...

SPIDER SILK! This kid is trusting his life to a flimsy-looking strand of arachnid goo! But it turns out if Peter's web is anything like real spider silk, then his web-slinging antics are more ...

Thanks to Tufts researchers, there’s now a solution that shoots, solidifies and even picks up objects. Alas, you can’t use it to swing between buildings.

which makes up the radial threads of the web. Using mass spectrometry, the team identified 18 proteins in the major silk fibers, including six not previously linked to spider silk. Although the team ...

Spiders make their webs from silk, a natural fibre made of protein. Not only does spider silk combine the useful properties of high tensile strength and extensibility, it can be beautiful in its own ...

When a US research lab accidentally created a sticky, web-like substance, it turned to Peter Parker and comic-book lore for inspiration on what to do next.

Spider webs are made from a protein fiber which we call silk.It is both strong and stretchy but not all spider silk is the same, there are several different types. Spiders produce silk using ...

‘Most spiders have poor eyesight and rely almost exclusively on the vibration of the silk in their web for sensory information,’ said Beth Mortimer of the Oxford Silk Group who led the ...

focusing particularly on dragline silk, which is a particularly strong variety used for the radial lines in webs and also when spiders suspend themselves by a thread. This variety, known for its ...

Spiders build webs all year round, but autumn is the best time to spot them outdoors. Morning dew and mist droplets suddenly reveal a multitude of hidden webs that were previously virtually invisible ...