Simulations showed that stretching aligns protein chains and increases hydrogen bonds, which act like tiny bridges between ...

Spiders don’t just spin webs—they engineer them. By stretching their silk as they spin, spiders strengthen the fibers at the ...

The intricate mechanical systems of spiders and beetles are beyond even our finest engineering to date. Spiders are particularly impressive. They have eight legs of surprising strength ...

Find out how spider silk's unique properties can be replicated for practical applications. Read the full research here ...

Scientists at the Institute of Technology, University of Tartu, have created a new kind of robot that can spin its own body parts and pathways, just like a spider spinning its web. This means that ...

When they weave their webs, spiders pull their silk threads. New simulations show stretching during spinning causes the ...