By adding chitosan and borate buffer, the researchers were also able to enhance the fibers’ strength and adhesiveness. This ...

Man's sticky web fluid. While researching adhesives, Tufts University discovered that silk from moth cocoons can be turned ...

Tufts University researchers have created a web-slinging material that solidifies mid-air, lifting objects up to 80 times its ...

Researchers at Tufts University’s Silklab have developed a silk-based sticky fluid that instantly turns into a fibrous material when ejected, evoking the gravity-defying, web-slinging powers of the ...

Man's sticky web fluid. While researching adhesives, Tufts University discovered that silk from moth cocoons can be turned ...

Please verify your email address. As players explore the Faron Wetlands in The Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom, they may encounter some large white spider webs. While many of those webs can ...

You have probably admired more than once the almost perfect beauty of spider webs. Do you know why they have a circular structure? There are several reasons for this. Today, scientists recognize about ...

Your donation makes it possible for us to keep doing this important work, keeping you informed every step of the way to the November election Scientists have created artificial spider web silk ...

I noticed a web-like material forming on the bottom of the glass,” study co-author Marco Lo Presti said. Initially attempting ...

Scientists untangle the scientific web of black widow spider venom They also found a thin stream of the silk solution, surrounded by a layer of acetone, turned into a sticky solid when shot ...

Scientists have created artificial spider web silk that they say can be used to make ultra-strong bandages for treating chronic wounds. The silken bandages, developed by researchers at Nanjing ...

(Photo by Bob Armstong) On another topic: A morning walk on the dike trail discovered signs of spider activity. A few of the webs were classical orb webs: flat, with radiating spokes connected by ...