Spider silk is turning out to be a remarkably versatile material. Aside from having a higher heat conductivity than any other organic matter and proteins for inserting genes into cells ...

More than 300 spiders were used to generate the thousands of strands of silk making up each string A Japanese researcher has used thousands of strands of spider silk to spin a set of violin strings.

My favorite use of this tough golden silk though is to make violin strings. This has been a pet project of Japanese researcher Shigeyoshi Osaki for years. Alas, it will never be a commercially ...

A Japanese researcher has taken 300 spiders and used those arachnids to harvest silk in enough quantity to create a full set of violin strings. The researcher is Shigeyoshi Osaki from Japan's Nara ...

Countless strands of spider silk have been spun by a Japanese researcher to create a set of violin strings. The strings apparently have a "soft and profound timbre" compared to the traditional gut ...

Spider silk from these representative species, they found, can vibrate at a much wider range of frequencies than many other natural and synthetic fibers. Imagine the strings on a violin ...

NAGAHAMA, Shiga -- Production of silk strings for traditional Japanese instruments such as the shamisen and koto is at its ...

A Japanese researcher has used thousands of strands of spider silk to spin a set of violin strings. The strings are said to have a "soft and profound timbre" relative to traditional gut or steel ...

Spiders might soon give you goosebumps in a good way. Strands of spider silk have been used to make violin strings that have a unique and thrilling sound, thanks perhaps to the way the strands ...

BBC News – A Japanese researcher has used thousands of strands of spider silk to spin a set of violin strings. The strings are said to have a “soft and profound timbre” relative to traditional gut or ...

A Japanese researcher has used thousands of strands of spider silk to spin a set of violin strings. The strings are said to have a "soft and profound timbre" relative to traditional gut or steel ...