Stronger than steel, tougher than Kevlar Researchers long have been interested in spider silk because of its remarkable properties. It's stronger than steel, tougher than Kevlar and stretchy like ...

CRISPR-Cas9 is a powerful gene editing system that has revolutionized our ability to treat disease and probe the human genome. CRISPR has been used to edit the genomes of animals, plants, and microbes ...

At its best, silk can hold up even better than steel when you pull at it ... more common silkworm silk to have properties even stronger than spider silk. “We hope that this work opens up ...

Look out, here comes the Spider Man.” Actually, I had to look up everything after the first two lines. My nephew’s young memory was better than ... spider silk is as strong as steel yet ...

On October 6 in the journal Matter, scientists at Tianjin University show how the silk naturally produced by silkworms can be made 70% stronger than spider silks by removing a sticky outer layer ...

Researchers have coaxed common silkworms to spin a more durable, eco-friendlier spider silk ... far more flexibility than anticipated. According to Mi’s team, the new silk manufacturing ...

Researchers long have been interested in spider silk because of its remarkable properties. It’s stronger than steel, tougher than Kevlar and stretchy like rubber. But farming spiders for their natural ...