More than 40,000 domestic and foreign purchasers are projected to attend the 33rd East China Fair (ECF), which is being held in east China's Shanghai from March 1 to ...

Vollebak, the brand known for pushing the boundaries of clothing technology ... set out to replicate the magic of spider silk, a material revered for its strength and elasticity.

“It can hide in clothing, beds ... What they look like: The spider will build a tent-like structure out of silk. “They hide in the sac during the day and then hunt at night,” Potzler ...

The efficiency and adaptability of biological systems are evident in many examples, from the complex structure of a spider’s web to ... like system made from silk to snag oversized prey like ...

When they weave their webs, spiders pull their silk threads. New simulations show stretching during spinning causes the protein chains within the fibers to align and the number of hydrogen bonds ...

Spiders don’t just spin webs—they engineer them. By stretching their silk as they spin, spiders strengthen the fibers at the ...

Here we will shed light on the true marvel of these creations. Many materials made by nature (biomaterials) far surpass ...

“When they spin silk out of their silk gland, spiders use their hind legs to grab the fiber and pull it out. That stretches ...

When spiders spin their webs, they use their hind legs to pull silk threads from their spinnerets. This pulling action doesn't just help the spider release the silk, it's also a crucial step in ...