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Net-casting spiders' adjustable silk stiffness point to tunable fiber design
What makes spider silk so extraordinarily strong and elastic at the same time? This was the focus of recent investigations carried out by researchers from the University of Greifswald, the University of Bonn and the Museum of Natural Science in Buenos Aires. In material and behavioral analyses, they discovered that net-casting spiders modulate their silk microstructurally—combining immense elasticity with robustness. The results of the internati…
What makes spider silk so exceptionally tear-resistant and elastic at the same time? Researchers at the University of Greifswald, together with colleagues from the University of Bonn and the Natural History Museum of Buenos Aires, investigated this question. Through material and behavioral analyses, they discovered that the spider silk...
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