This isn't the first time scientists attempted to reproduce spider silk through other means. In 2017, European researchers were able to produce artificial spider silk by manipulating the pH gradient.

Researchers already knew this stretching, or drawing, is necessary for making really strong fibers. But no one necessarily knew why. With our computational method, we were able to probe what’s ...

Bacteria are helping to make engineered silk that rivals the strength and stretchiness of a spider’s stiff dragline silk, the type from which the arachnids dangle.

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Smile and Pyae Maung are one of Myanmar’s most adored power couples. It was through them I’d learned about Myanmar’s prized artisanal textile, lotus silk, which is amongst the most expensive ...

Hayashi expects the silk-making glands in the tarantula's feet are similar to those in the abdomen. Following the spider's footsteps, the scientists are now in the process of characterizing these ...

Silk parachutes, mulberry groves, and cocoons that shimmered with promise – in the small Polish town of Milanówek, siblings Stanisława and Henryk Witaczek dreamed of building a utopia spun from thread ...