(Nanowerk Spotlight) Protein fibers such as collagen fibers, hairs, and silks, are fundamental building blocks of life. They play an essential role in motility, elasticity, scaffolding, stabilization ...
(Nanowerk News) Of all the exciting topics in the field of material and biochemical research, one of the hottest by far is unraveling the mysteries of spider silk. Often claimed to be 'stronger than ...
Black widow spiders have arguably the coolest name of all arachnids. They also spin the coolest silk. Pound for pound, it’s stronger than steel. It’s also ultralight, super-tough, and biodegradable — ...
Smart textiles offer many potential wearable technology applications, from therapeutics to sensing to communication. For such intelligent textiles to function effectively, they need to be strong, ...
Chinese scientists have developed a method to manually spin silk from silkworms that can make it 70 percent tougher compared to the silk spun by spiders, according to South China Morning Post. This ...
Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent every weekday. Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. Silk is a fabulous fabric, but it’s also a material that can do so ...
A small fragment of a protein from spider silk enables researchers to express functional hydrophobic and aggregation-prone proteins. As scientists have learned more about the structure and synthesis ...
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