While spider silk proteins are something you can make in your garage, making useful drag line fibers has proved a daunting challenge. Now, a team of scientists from Japan and Hong Kong are closer to ...

Spider silk, a protein fiber known for its remarkable strength, flexibility, and biocompatibility, has many potential applications, ranging from biomedicine to materials science. However, the ...

Gram-for-gram spider silk is the strongest stuff around. Now a company in Utah and California has a plan to make a supercar out of it. Spidey Tek uses research from Utah State University’s Synthetic ...