Rufus net-casting spiders can tune the stiffness and elasticity of their webs thanks to loops of silk, scanning electron ...

A spider web is much more than meets the eye. These intricate structures, created entirely from silk, allow spiders to capture prey, build shelter and even communicate. Spider webs are shockingly ...

Scientists are using spider silk to help develop surgical devices for nerve regeneration. "It acts like a scaffold for nerves to grow along like a rose on a trellis," Dr Alex Woods explains, holding ...

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 that ...

It already exists in the natural world. Now, thanks to breakthroughs in genetic engineering, scientists have created ...

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 ...

Scientists have officially brought genetic engineering to the spider's web. For the first time, researchers have created a gene-edited spider that spins red fluorescent silk. Led by a team at the ...

As feared as they might be by large swathes of the global population, spiders have so many positives. For one thing, they're one of the most effective forms of natural pest control, but the fact they ...

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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 ...