The bold question-askers at What If uncover how spider silk might be engineered to create next-generation bulletproof skin.

Scientists just sequenced the first sea spider genome, uncovering genetic clues to limb growth, regeneration, and ancient ...

(WJW) – ‘Daddy longlegs’ are NOT spiders. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service recently shared the news on social media, and although the scientific classification (and order) of the eight-legged ...

Concurrently, Kraig Biocraft Laboratories, the only producer of high-performance spider silk fibers surpassing natural silk's qualities, is poised to deliver its revolutionary SpydaSilk ® to ...

Inspired by the hierarchical architecture of spider silk, this study introduces a biobased macromolecular composite that combines mechanical flexibility, thermal regulation, and electrical performance ...

Spider silk spins new life into nerve repair Matthew Dean, Sales Engineer and Head of the Medical Business Unit at maxon, explores how Newrotex and maxon are developing an innovative approach to ...

The mechanical performance of silk is closely tied to the fibrillization process within the anterior segment of silk gland (ASG). While a long and narrow ASG is conserved across silk-spinning species, ...

These are the unfortunately final moments of victims of the Uloboridae spiders, a family of orb weavers that, unlike almost all other spiders, don’t inject venom. Without their own built-in lethal ...