Understanding how the stretching process strengthens spider silk is a key part of helping design stronger, biodegradable, silk-inspired materials for various applications. When spiders spin their webs ...

According to the new study, it is the pulling or stretching action that gives spider silk the remarkable strength it is known ...

This has enabled them to do something that had previously eluded scientists — create a system that mimics how spiders spin silk and is capable of mass-producing artificial spider silk fibres.

Computational analysis provides new insights into silk's mechanical properties that was unavailable experimentally ...

A robot capable of building, or more appropriately, spinning, new parts has been developed by a team of researchers from the ...

I'm working with colleagues at the University of New Mexico and the University of California Riverside on the evolution of silk spinning in embiids. Read more about my research on my lab website.

These insights could help researchers design engineered silk-inspired proteins and spinning processes for various applications, including strong, biodegradable sutures and tough, high-performance ...

Find out how web-spinning spiders do what they do and learn about the impressive, multipurpose material they use to catch their dinner. Spiders make their webs from silk, a natural fibre made of ...

"When they spin silk out of their silk gland, spiders use their hind legs to grab the fiber and pull it out. That stretches the fiber as it's being formed. It makes the fiber very strong and very ...