While you might think that we've learned all we need to from feeding spiders illegal drugs, people working at NASA in the ...

Spiders can be an uncomfortable presence for many people but thanks to a new development, their silk is set to enhance nerve ...

That intricate web glistening with morning dew in your garden isn’t just nature’s artwork – it’s part of a fascinating ...

The number of times I have walked into a spider web is pretty comical. At first, I saw them as a nuisance during my forest ...

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 ...

But farming spiders for their natural silk is expensive, energy-intensive and difficult. So, scientists instead want to recreate silk-like materials in the lab. "Spider silk is the strongest ...

It’s stronger than steel, tougher than Kevlar and stretchy like rubber. But farming spiders for their natural silk is expensive, energy-intensive and difficult. So, scientists instead want to recreate ...

As long as the spider consumes protein and is healthy and uninjured, it will never run out of silk. Spider Silk-Making Organs Spider silk is produced in a special organ with a charming name: the ...

In 2019, a rather less painstaking project utilized fibroin, the protein found in natural spider silk, to fabricate an outerwear jacket, North Face’s Moon Parka.

The silk produced by these genetically modified worms showed a tensile strength and flexibility close to natural spider silk. ... introduced genes for spider silk protein into the goat’s DNA.

The team is particularly excited about the clinical applications of spider silk. Early animal studies show that natural spider silk can assist in regrowing nerve fibers to span a gap of 6 cm without ...