This homemade, glistening material has some spidey strength of its own. Spider silk is tougher than Kevlar, more flexible than nylon, and thinner than a single strand of human hair, making this ...

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 ...

At the end of the experiment, they analyzed the webs by applying vibrations and seeing how the spider silk responded. Under loud conditions, the spiders from urban areas had woven webs that ...

In this case, we’re talking about genetically modified yeast that produces spider silk. If that sounds like a lead-in to some Spiderman jokes and sci-fi references, you are correct on both accounts.

he was smart to try to mimic spider silk. After all, the real stuff is pound for pound, stronger than steel. He also seems to have improved upon it, using what looks to be carbon nanotubes to ...

View Full Profile. Learn about our Editorial Policies. Researchers don’t know enough about spider silk structure and composition to understand why it possesses such superior mechanical properties. For ...

TSURUOKA, Yamagata Prefecture--A biotechnology startup based here is drawing major attention from investors for its development of spider silk for use as a synthetic fiber. Spider silk ...