(Nanowerk Spotlight) Researchers have, for the first time, compared the energetic cost of silk and synthetic polymer fiber formation and demonstrated that, if we can learn how to spin like the spider, ...

Spider silk—six times tougher than Kevlar and stronger than steel—has now been produced by an unexpected source. Spider silk is a biological protein fiber spun by spiders. Many of these fibers have ...

For the first time, scientists have successfully produced full-length spider silk fibers using genetically modified silkworms. With high strength and toughness, this silk has the potential to provide ...

Sorry, Kevlar. Spider silk loaded with carbon nanotubes may be the burliest fiber around. When spritzed with the tiny tubes, spiders spin superstrong, supertough ...