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A more likely venture is using spider silk in high-performance materials where lightweight durability is a priority — everything from bulletproof vests to car panels. Spider silk may also make its way ...

“Spider silk has a very high conductivity that you can use for this type of electronics cooling,” he says. “It’s lightweight ... very promising for thermal transport,” Wang says.

Scientists have long sought an artificial way to produce spider silk, a flexible and lightweight fiber that, by weight, is five times stronger than steel. But attempts to farm spiders have failed.