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 ...

Now, Lewis and other scientists say that silk is so strong, it could be used in advances in artificial ligaments, surgical sutures, and hernia meshes. While other spider threads rely on one ...

But pound for pound, it's stronger than steel! So if you twisted spider silk into a thread that was 2 millimeters wide — as thick as a strand of spaghetti — it could support 900 pounds before ...

They are constructed as a sheet of closely woven silk but can have looser threads. There are typically silk trip-lines that alert the waiting spider to the presence of prey. It then rushes out and ...

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 ...

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 ...

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.

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 ...

It meant the goats produced milk containing an extra protein, which can be spun into spider silk thread used in things like protective clothing and car interiors.