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Spider Silk
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Animal world
Spiders can release silk to neutralize prey
Without waiting for the trap to fall, Gnaphosid spiders choose a direct projectile to control the target.
Animal world
Millions of golden spiders
Millions of tiny yellow spiders are appearing throughout England, clinging to walls, door handles and trees.
Animal world
Animal mining technologies, better than people
Wooden fish and frogs can make their own proteins to keep their bodies from freezing when they live in cold water, animals release glue ...
Animal world
Spider 'artist' traps prey with light
The cross shape, zigzag shape or twisted shape on the spider web has long been confusing to observers. New research on spiders Australia found that those seemingly usele…
Photo library
Strange images of ordinary objects are viewed through a microscope
Have you ever imagined what eyes, tongues, parts of a human body or other creatures would look when viewed under a microscope?
Videos
Video: Giant spider web covers the whole field in New Zealand
Visitors discovered a field covered with fine mesh created by thousands of small spiders in New Zealand.
Videos
Video: How to clean up the silk inside a spider?
How to harvest spider silk? Definitely not able to take silk from the spider web ...
Medicine - Health
Preparing vaccines based on ... spider silk
A new study has shown that from spider silk, one can develop a method to help get vaccines straight to white blood cells in the body.
Medicine - Health
New research: using spider silk will help treat fractures effectively
University biologists. Connecticut, USA has successfully developed a new method, using proteins from spider silk to make biodegradable binders.
Science invention
The inventions inspired by animals
Surely you will be surprised to learn that the following important designs and inventions were created by scientists by observing the animal world.
Science invention
Inventing shock for aircraft thanks to ... snail teeth
Spider silk has long been considered the strongest natural material. However, the new champion was discovered, that is the sea snail and its teeth.
Science invention
Photovoltaic cells are thinner than spider silk
Austrian and Japanese experts have just announced a new invention: photovoltaic cells are thinner than spider silk and tough enough to bend around a human hair.
New technology
Producing artificial spider silk lighter than cotton, more durable than steel
This work was done by a team at Washington University (Saint Louis, Missouri, USA) using bacteria to synthesize spider silk proteins.
New technology
Bulletproof vests will be made of spider silk
American chemists from the Air Force Research Laboratory and Purdue University reported their new military invention. It was a bulletproof vest based on spider silk.