Cave-dwelling orb spiders have adapted their webs so they act as tripwires for prey that crawl on the walls of the caves ...

The story of silk is full of the extraordinary. First Paraguay and Suriname have caterpillars larger than any in Europe, ...

We have unveiled a very different role of TLR proteins,” said study author Professor Ali Miserez to IFLScience.

Or so execs at Sony thought when they launched their Spider-Man Universe of spin-off movies and TV shows. But now there are only a handful of projects left on that slate, the most notable of ...

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 ...

It highlights the dedication of farmers who cultivate mulberry trees to feed silk worms, emphasizing the labor-intensive cycle from raising the worms to spinning silk from their cocoons.

Credit: Washington University at St. Louis Spiders don’t just spin webs—they engineer them. By stretching their silk as they spin, spiders strengthen the fibers at the molecular level, aligning ...

According to the new study, it is the pulling or stretching action that gives spider silk the remarkable strength it is known for. “When they spin silk out of their silk gland, spiders use ...

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Researchers at Tartu University’s Institute of Technology have unveiled a robotics concept that redefines adaptability by literally weaving its body on demand, much like spiders spin their webs.

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 ...

When they weave their webs, spiders pull their silk threads. New simulations show stretching during spinning causes the protein chains within the fibers to align and the number of hydrogen bonds ...