Discover how orb-weaver spiders spin circular, silk webs that populate gardens and yards with grace and precision.

But it turns out if Peter's web is anything like ... strength is its structure. Real spider silk has two major components: Extremely rigid nanocrystals that make the silk sturdy and stretchy ...

Charlotte’s Web didn’t go into great detail about the different types of silk that a spider can produce, but the video and screencap after the break give a rundown of how spiders make ...

While spider silk proteins are something you can make in your garage, making useful drag line fibers has proved a daunting challenge. Now, a team of scientists from Japan and Hong Kong are closer ...

For years, the CRISPR-Cas9 genome technology has been reshaping genetic engineering, a precision tool to transform everything ...

Spiders make their webs from silk, a natural fibre made of protein. Not only does spider silk combine the useful properties of high tensile strength and extensibility, it can be beautiful in its own ...

there are seven types of spider silks, but one has caught the eye of scientists worldwide. Randy Lewis: It's called dragline silk, and it's the silk that they use to make the framework of the web ...

To narrow their investigation, they focused on the major silk type, which makes up the radial threads of the web. Using mass spectrometry ... ocean,” Arakawa said. Spider silk could decrease the ...

Spider silk transmits vibrations across a wide range ... tensions and interconnectivities of the silk threads that make up the web.