Wednesday, September 29th, 2010
Spider silk seems to be a beloved topic for researchers. Every once in a while, a story emerges announcing some kind of breakthrough related to the material. Its potential to benefit various industries is frequently mentioned, as is its superior strength relative to steel.
Unfortunately, the impact of spider silk has been ...
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Wednesday, July 28th, 2010
Researchers have long envied spiders' ability to manufacture light-weight silk that is as strong and tough as steel or Kevlar. Finer than human hair, five times stronger by weight than steel and three times tougher than the man-made fibre Kevlar, spider dragline silk is also biocompatible and thus suitable for a ...
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Friday, October 23rd, 2009
Nanowerk Spotlight has reported another medical advance involving spider silk, a biopolymer that is stronger than steel and more elastic than rubber. Most of the world's 40,000 species of spiders produce a silken thread with a unique combination of mechanical properties: strength (its tensile strength is about five times as ...
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Thursday, April 23rd, 2009
Scientists have taken spider silk, which is already tougher than steel, and made it even stronger by infusing it with small amounts of metal. Potential applications of the new material include medical textiles and artificial bones and tendons. "It could make very strong thread for surgical operations," researcher Seung-Mo Lee ...
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