Spider silk has many uses, but web construction is one of its most fascinating applications. Webs are not just traps; they are carefully constructed structures, created through a combination of ...

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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 t… ...

Spider silk is one of the most versatile materials on Earth. Actually a protein created by special organs known as spinnerets, spider silk can be used for transportation, shelter, courtship, and ...

Spider silk is produced in a special organ with a charming name: the ‘spinneret.’ These are usually found on the spider’s abdomen – towards the rear and on the underside.

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Spider silk is biodegradable and produces only a very small immune response in animal models. It’s also scalable. A single harvest from an orb weaving spider can yield around 33 ft ...

In testing, they found that the silk they’d just created—identical to spider dragline silk in appearance—was 70 percent stronger. It was also more than twice as strong as a silkworm’s ...

Scientists have synthesized spider silk from genetically modified silkworms, producing fibers six times tougher than the Kevlar used in bulletproof vests. The study is the first to successfully ...