The story of silk is full of the extraordinary. First Paraguay and Suriname have caterpillars larger than any in Europe, ...
Computational analysis provides new insights into silk's mechanical properties that was unavailable experimentally ...
When spiders spin their webs, they use their hind legs to pull silk threads from their spinnerets. This pulling action doesn't just help the spider release the silk, it's also a crucial step in ...
By simulating spider silk in a computational model, the team discovered the stretching process aligns the protein chains within the fibers and increases the number of bonds between those chains ...
Understanding how the stretching process strengthens spider silk is a key part of helping design stronger, biodegradable, silk-inspired materials for various applications. When spiders spin their webs ...
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Most of Australia’s plants rely on a hidden underground network of fungi for water and minerals. They could be in trouble – ...
Scientists develop strong, flexible carbon nanotube fibers that retain energy storage capacity and conductivity after bending and washing, paving the way for advanced electronic textiles.
The results provide evidence for the hypothesis that spiders crouch to sense differences in web frequencies to locate prey ...
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