Spiders, their venom and their silk pose many unsolved questions for science. A new study provides clues to better understand ...

Other molecular constituents found in spider silk ... into a fibre with a multilevel structure on the nanolevel. As the silk dope travels along the long ducts within the spider, it undergoes ...

Based on how spiders spin their silk, the researchers designed a microfluidic device to replicate the chemical and physical gradients present in the spider. By varying the amount of shear and ...

The iconic web-shooting skills of Spider-Man are suddenly not just a comic-book fantasy. A new device developed by researchers in Japan spins artificial spider silk that closely matches what ...