Sci-fi movies feature technology that seems far beyond our current capabilities, but that isn't always true. This new ...

When a US research lab accidentally created a sticky, web-like substance, it turned to Peter Parker and comic-book lore for inspiration on what to do next.

A single silk thread comes out of each. Jan explains, 'Although it looks a bit like an icing nozzle, the silk is pulled out by gravity or the spider's hind leg. The silk is liquid when it's inside the ...

Thanks to Tufts researchers, there’s now a solution that shoots, solidifies and even picks up objects. Alas, you can’t use it to swing between buildings.

While spider silk proteins are something you can make in your garage, making useful drag line fibers has proved a daunting challenge. Now, a team of scientists from Japan and Hong Kong are closer ...

Dusty spider webs are associated with Halloween and creepy houses, but many are beautiful or architecturally accomplished. Did you know that you can tell what kind of spider is lurking by the threads ...

The process of creating a web is a delicate and methodical task. A spider begins by releasing a silk thread into the wind, allowing it to attach to a surface. This initial strand forms the ...

Spider webs are made from a protein fiber which we call silk.It is both strong and stretchy but not all spider silk is the same, there are several different types. Spiders produce silk using ...

Spider silk’s potential A decade ago ... the radial lines in webs and also when spiders suspend themselves by a thread. This variety, known for its toughness and mechanical usefulness, allowed ...

Dragline silk, the thread by which the spider hangs itself from the web, is one of the strongest fibers; its tensile strength—a measure of how much a polymer deforms when strained—is almost thrice ...

which makes up the radial threads of the web. Using mass spectrometry, the team identified 18 proteins in the major silk fibers, including six not previously linked to spider silk. Although the team ...