The remarkable silk used by net-casting spiders to snare prey is both highly elastic and exceptionally strong, offering clues ...

While spider silk proteins are something you can make in your garage, making useful drag line fibers has proved a daunting challenge. Now, a team of scientists from Japan and Hong Kong are closer to ...

Spider silk producer Kraig Biocraft Laboratories is reportedly preparing to ship its first spider silk fibre samples to three ...

It’s almost time to dust off the Halloween decorations and adorn the house with all manner of spooky things, including the classic polyester spider webs. Scientists reporting in ACS Nano have made ...

What makes spider silk so extraordinarily strong and elastic at the same time? This was the focus of recent investigations carried out by researchers from the University of Greifswald, the University ...

What makes spider silk so extraordinarily strong and elastic at the same time? This was the focus of recent investigations carried out by researchers from the University of Greifswald, the University ...

The microfluidic device. Precursor spidroin solution is placed at one end and then pulled towards the other end by means of negative pressure. As the spidroins flow through the microfluidic channels, ...

Spider silk—six times tougher than Kevlar and stronger than steel—has now been produced by an unexpected source. Spider silk is a biological protein fiber spun by spiders. Many of these fibers have ...

Artificial fibres that can collect water from the air, much like how spider silk gathers dew, could be used for large-scale water collection from fog. In places where the availability of drinking ...

Balenciaga's partnerships with AMSilk and Weffan drive material and production innovation while Intelo.ai will optimize ...

As per the report published by Allied Market Research, the global synthetic spider silk market was accounted for $1.10 billion in 2020, and is estimated to reach $7.02 billion by 2030, growing at a ...