Nephila pilipes spider on a web. Credit: Liu et al., Sci. Adv. 2019; 5 : eaau9183 Spider dragline silk exhibits a unique self-powered actuation, controlled simply by tuning relative humidity, ...
Spider silk occupies a distinct place in natural materials science for its combination of mechanical strength, toughness and ...
View a video interview with Markus Buehler of MIT, an animation of a spider web under extremes stresses, and an animation of a spider web subjected to mechanical forces. While researchers have long ...
Researchers show that unlike human hair, metal wires or synthetic fibers, spider silk partially yields when twisted. This property quickly dissipates the energy that would otherwise send an excited ...
A spider web gets its strength from silk strands working together and their ability to stretch when stressed, new research suggests. Out in the wild world, webs need to deal with different types of ...
A spider web gets its strength from silk strands working together and their ability to stretch when stressed, new research suggests. Out in the wild world, webs need to deal with different types of ...
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