By simulating spider silk in a computational model, the team discovered the stretching process aligns the protein chains within the fibers and increases the number of bonds between those chains.

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 ...

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.

It is said that only a few people alive today still work with the remarkable "sea silk," which has been long prized for its enduring sheen.

The Material Innovation Initiative explores next-gen silk startups, while BASF and Inditex create a jacket made from 100 percent textile waste.

The complex molecular structure of spider silk has been successfully copied as scientists spin silk from an artificial gland that mimics nature’s process of producing one of the world’s ...

Spider silk—six times tougher than Kevlar and stronger than steel—has now been produced by an unexpected source. S pider silk is a biological protein fiber spun by spiders.

By simulating spider silk in a computational model, the team discovered the stretching process aligns the protein chains within the fibers and increases the number of bonds between those chains. Both ...