We synthesized and characterized a new family of diblock copolymers based on the amino acid sequences of Nephila clavipes major ampulate dragline spider silk, having the form HABn and HBAn (n = 1–3), ...

Spider-silk-inspired multiple-hydrogen-bond polyurethane (PU) healable elastomers have garnered significant attention across various industries. While individual hydrogen bonds are relatively weak, ...

Some luxury silk bedding can only be dry cleaned, while others are safe to wash at home. (If your sheets say dry clean only , it's best to trust the professionals.) Choose Your Detergent Carefully ...

Get Instant Summarized Text (Gist) The feather-legged lace weaver spider subdues prey by covering it with silk coated in regurgitated toxins, rather than injecting venom through fangs.

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 adventures, but upon a closer look with my macro lens, I began to notice ...

The abdomen contains much of a spider’s web-making machinery, including the spinnerets and silk glands. Spinnerets are specialized organs that produce silk, enabling spiders to build webs. While not ...

--Kraig Biocraft Laboratories, Inc., a world leader in spider silk technology*, announces that senior management will travel to Southeast Asia this week to oversee the continued expansion of the ...

Operation Spider’s Web is one of the starkest examples yet of just how adept Ukraine has become at gaining an asymmetric advantage – doing more with less. Though the full details are not yet known, ...

The U.S. Forest Service has ordered an emergency closure of the Icicle River area in the Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forest as the search for triple-murder suspect Travis Decker continues.

Ukraine’s Operation Spider Web involved 117 remote-controlled drones that were smuggled into Russia over an 18-month period and launched toward parked aircraft by operators miles away.

Ukraine's SBU reportedly executed Operation Spider Web, striking four Russian airbases with FPV drones smuggled in trucks. The covert assault, allegedly overseen by Zelenskyy, damaged or destroyed ...