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Scientists discover spider that spins 80 ft webs with silk tougher than steel
High above the rivers of Madagascar, a small arachnid is quietly rewriting what I thought was possible in nature. The ...
Abstract: As over 11,000 people turn 65 each day in the U.S., our country, like many others, is facing growing challenges in caring for elderly persons, further exacerbated by a major shortfall of ...
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Scientists found a spider that builds 80-foot webs, and its silk is tougher than steel
A spider no larger than a coin has upended what scientists thought they knew about natural materials. Discovered in the wilds ...
The Darwin’s bark spider silk has a tensile strength of around 1.6 gigapascals, several times stronger than structural iron, ...
What makes spider silk so extraordinarily strong and elastic at the same time? This was the focus of recent investigations carried out by researchers from the University of Greifswald, the University ...
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