Michael Landreh receives funding from the Swedish Research Council (VR), the Swedish Cancer Research Foundation (Cancerfonden), the Knut and Alice Wallenberg-Foundation (KAW), The Olle Engkvist ...

Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent six days a week. Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. Silk is a fabulous fabric, but it’s also a material that can do ...

An Australian spider spins a web that stretches by 150% and snaps back without breaking—a material never seen before.

A schematic diagram of the mechanism by which the silkworm delicately utilizes metal ions and pH gradients to program NSF self-assembly for silk spinning. Credit: Science China Press Mulberry silk is ...

The other day I dove headfirst into a spiderweb while half-asleep inside my camper van. Screams aside, the logical part of me marveled at how fast a single creepy-crawly had woven such an ...

Spider silk is one of the strongest materials on Earth, technically stronger than steel for a material of its size. However, it’s tough to obtain — spiders are too territorial (and cannibalistic!) to ...

Firms claim achievement would allow commercial-scale production of spider silk for biomedical applications. Kraig Biocraft Laboratories (KBLB) negotiated a license to use Sigma Life Science’s CompoZr ...

Eleanor has an undergraduate degree in zoology from the University of Reading and a master’s in wildlife documentary production from the University of Salford. Eleanor has an undergraduate degree in ...

A schematic diagram of the mechanism by which the silkworm delicately utilizes metal ions and pH gradients to program NSF self-assembly for silk spinning. NSF is a soluble macromolecular complex and ...