Spider silk, already known for its exceptional strength, reveals an astonishing manufacturing process. Researchers have ...

Here we will shed light on the true marvel of these creations. Many materials made by nature (biomaterials) far surpass ...

Spiders don’t just spin webs—they engineer them. By stretching their silk as they spin, spiders strengthen the fibers at the ...

When they weave their webs, spiders pull their silk threads. New simulations show stretching during spinning causes the ...

When spiders weave their webs, each spider pulls at the silk threads, from its spinneret, using its hind legs. This pulling action not only aids with the release of the silk, it also helps with ...

"Spider silk is the strongest organic fiber," Graham ... which act like bridges between the protein chains to make up the fiber. The increase in hydrogen bonds contributes to the fiber's overall ...

Of the 50,000 or so known spider species, most of them do not spin webs. They still produce silk though, and they use it for some of the other purposes we have outlined above. Spiders who do not ...

"Spider silk is the strongest organic fiber," Graham ... which act like bridges between the protein chains to make up the fiber. The increase in hydrogen bonds contributes to the fiber's overall ...

“Spider silk is the strongest organic fiber,” Graham said ... which act like bridges between the protein chains to make up the fiber. The increase in hydrogen bonds contributes to the fiber’s overall ...