Simulations showed that stretching aligns protein chains and increases hydrogen bonds, which act like tiny bridges between ...

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 ...

"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 ...

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

"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 ...