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Maroc Maroc - WN.COM - Science - 13/Sep 23:07

Scientists spin synthetic spider silk as fabric of the future

Spiders give some folks the heebie-jeebies, but web-weaving arachnids produce a unique, versatile material that could be the textile of the future. They spin a silk that’s as strong as steel, incredibly elastic and environmentally friendly. From medical materials to car parts, the applications for this wondrous material are endless—but producing it in bulk is tricky. Attempts to farm spiders for their threads have generally gone poorly largely because spiders are fiercely territorial cannibals and lab-grown spider-silk replicas have struggled to match the strength of the real thing—until now. A team of Japanese scientists has finally untangled the mystery of how spiders spin super-strong...

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