Researchers used gene-editing technique CRISPR to modify the DNA sequences of house spiders, causing them to produce red ...

Spiders are often referred to as insects, but this is incorrect. Although spiders and insects belong to the same massive ...

The U.S. military is interested in ‘super spiders’ capable of producing silk with extraordinary features. Don’t worry—it ...

CRISPR-Cas9 is a powerful gene editing system that has revolutionized our ability to treat disease and probe the human genome. CRISPR has been used to edit the genomes of animals, plants, and microbes ...

Gene-edited spiders had never been seen before. Then University of Bayreuth researchers used CRISPR Cas-9 to give spiders red ...

Gabbard fires leaders of intelligence group that wrote Venezuela assessment Poison hemlock has spread throughout the US. Here's how to kill it. Congress pushes VA to explain why it regularly ...

Graham is a Ph.D. student in Keten’s research group. Researchers long have been interested in spider silk because of its remarkable properties. It’s stronger than steel, tougher than Kevlar and ...

Researchers long have been interested in spider silk because of its remarkable properties. It’s stronger than steel, tougher than Kevlar and stretchy like rubber. But farming spiders for their natural ...

The artificial, but biodegradable cellulose fibers are stronger than steel and even than dragline spider silk, which is usually considered the strongest bio-based material. At DESY's X-ray light ...

Spider silk is one of the strongest materials on Earth, technically stronger than steel for a material of its size. However, it’s tough to obtain — spiders are too territorial (and cannibalistic!) to ...