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.

Now, a team of scientists from Japan and Hong Kong are closer to replicating artificial spider silk using microfluidics. Based on how spiders spin their silk, the researchers designed a ...

He argued that future experiments should try to directly observe these layers by capturing silk cross-sections using electron microscopy. Researchers hope that artificial spider silk could one day ...

Now, Lewis and other scientists say that silk is so strong, it could be used in advances in artificial ligaments, surgical sutures, and hernia meshes. While other spider threads rely on one ...

Spider silk, already known for its exceptional strength ... Laboratory experiments confirmed these predictions. By stretching artificial silk fibers, the team reproduced the mechanical properties of ...

In this case, we’re talking about genetically modified yeast that produces spider silk. If that sounds like a lead-in to some Spiderman jokes and sci-fi references, you are correct on both accounts.

Spider silk, already known for its exceptional ... Laboratory experiments confirmed these predictions. By stretching artificial silk fibers, the team reproduced the mechanical properties of ...

he was smart to try to mimic spider silk. After all, the real stuff is pound for pound, stronger than steel. He also seems to have improved upon it, using what looks to be carbon nanotubes to ...

A chic necktie made of synthetic spider silk may put Spider-Man's suit to shame. The material is the culmination of seven years of research from a team of dozens of scientists, engineers ...

Spider silk, utilized by the protagonist in the movie ... U.S. startup Bolt Threads is manufacturing an artificial leather made from mycelium, the roots of a mushroom. Adidas announced in ...