It might be easier to picture spiderwebs covering candelabras in Dracula’s mansion than tucked into a first aid kit, but researchers are trying to change that. A study published in the ACS Nano ...

Scientists reporting in ACS Nano have made their own version of fake spider silk, but this one consists of proteins and heals wounds instead of haunting hallways. The artificial silk is strong enough ...

Scientists reporting in ACS Nano have made their own version of fake spider silk, but this one consists of proteins and heals wounds instead of haunting hallways. The artificial silk is strong enough ...

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 ...

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Scientists reporting in ACS Nano have made their own version of fake spider silk, but this one consists of proteins and heals wounds instead of haunting hallways. The artificial silk was strong ...

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 ...