The effect of using graphene, as well as carbon nanotubes, has been tested out in studies to show the tensile strength of the produced silk. The silkworm is the larva or caterpillar of the ...

Many researchers dream of deciphering the amazing ability of spiders to create super strong, super light, and super flexible silk threads - but so far, no one has been able to replicate the spiders' ...

Hannes Schniepp is spinning no tale when he envisions a world in which everyday items such as water bottles and car tires are made in the same manner as spider webs. Schniepp is a professor of applied ...