A research team has found that a common spider kills its prey with poison but does not inject it into them—instead, it covers ...

In this series, Wallpaper* discovers the processes by which creative visionaries bring their work to life. First up, we head to the the Fonteyne Studio at the Royal Opera House to meet esteemed ballet ...

Of all the materials that were needed by the U.S. military during the second world war. Would you ever have guessed that spider silk was among the highest in demand? Abilene author, Penny Klostermann ...

Spider silk, already known for its exceptional strength, reveals an astonishing manufacturing process. Researchers have discovered that stretching plays a key role in the solidity of these natural ...

When spiders spin their webs, they use their hind legs to pull silk threads from their spinnerets. This pulling action doesn't just help the spider release the silk, it's also a crucial step in ...

Understanding how the stretching process strengthens spider silk is a key part of helping design stronger, biodegradable, silk-inspired materials for various applications. When spiders spin their webs ...

Of the 50,000 or so known spider species, most of them do not spin webs. They still produce silk though, and they use it for some of the other purposes we have outlined above. Spiders who do not ...

Precious few garments have been made of spider silk. In 2012, a cape and shawl made from natural spider silk were displayed at the Victoria and Albert Museum, where visitors learned that the ...

Silk: Spider Society, a live-action show that was once meant to be the first in a series of Spider-Man spinoffs headed to Prime Video, is no longer moving forward at the streaming platform.

Could the silk be made without them? Spider silk is like something out of a comic book. A golden orb weaver, from a group of spider species known to weave the biggest, strongest webs ...

Chinese scientists have genetically modified silkworms to produce spider silk, creating a fiber six times more durable than Kevlar bulletproof vests. This breakthrough marks the first time ...

Spider silk is prized for its unrivaled strength and toughness. But figuring out a way to mass-produce it is no easy feat. Spiders cannot be put to work to pump out the fibers the way silkworms ...