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Computational analysis provides new insights into silk's mechanical properties that was unavailable experimentally ...

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The results provide evidence for the hypothesis that spiders crouch to sense differences in web frequencies to locate prey ...

Researchers long have been interested in spider silk because of its remarkable properties. It’s stronger than steel, tougher ...

Scientists at the Institute of Technology, University of Tartu, have created a new kind of robot that can spin its own body parts and pathways, just like a spider spinning its web. This means that ...

Scientists have captured stunning video of a dinner-plate-size sea spider crawling on the seafloor off the South Sandwich ...

Researchers at the Institute of Technology, University of Tartu, present a robotics concept in which temporary robot ...

Spider webs combine complex principles of physics and chemistry to create one of the world's most remarkable substances. We explain how.

“When they spin silk out of their silk gland, spiders use their hind legs to grab the fiber and pull it out. That stretches ...

When spiders spin their webs, they use their hind legs to pull silk threads from their spinnerets. This pulling action doesn't just help the spider release the silk, it's also a crucial step in ...

When spiders spin their webs, they use their hind legs to pull silk threads from their spinnerets. This pulling action doesn't just help the spider ...