A spider web is much more than meets the eye. These intricate structures, created entirely from silk, allow spiders to capture prey, build shelter and even communicate. Spider webs are shockingly ...

Do you hate spiders? Their legs, their eyes, and oh man, their webs. Well, it turns out that they don’t like you much either.

Spider webs are made from a protein fiber which we call silk. It is both strong and stretchy but not all spider silk is the same, there are several different types. Spiders produce silk using special ...

In the summer of 2018, Marco Lo Presti worked on making a strong underwater adhesive using silk fibroin, which can be isolated from silk moth cocoons. While cleaning his glassware with acetone in what ...