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In much the same way that silk cocoons unravel, silk unravels, too, when rid of its sericin and transformed into an aqueous solution of pure fibroin fiber. Perfected by Kaplan in the 1990s, this ...

Stretching spider silk makes it stronger New study finds the amount of stretching determines the fibers' properties Date: March 7, 2025 Source: Northwestern University Summary: When they weave ...

Researchers already knew this stretching, or drawing, is necessary for making really strong fibers. But no one necessarily knew why. With our computational method, we were able to probe what’s ...

When compared weight-for-weight, spider silk has a higher tensile strength than steel yet is almost as elastic as rubber. Leading manmade fibers such as nylon are less than half as tough.

A liquid stream of silk solution solidifies to a fiber, and adheres to and lifts a glass laboratory beaker. Credit: Marco Lo Presti, Tufts University We’re all familiar with Spider-Man—the red-suited ...

Scientists at Tufts University have developed a Spider-Man-inspired tech that shoots liquid silk, instantly hardening into a strong, sticky fiber capable of lifting objects 80 times its weight.

It’s straight out of a comic book: a shot of liquid silk quickly hardens into a sticky, strong fiber that can lift objects 80 times heavier. Sound familiar? Researchers have described the Spider ...

Dr. Marco Lo Presti, who is a research assistant professor at Tufts University and lead author of the study noted that “if you look at nature, you will find that spiders cannot shoot their web. They ...

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