into a fibre with a multilevel structure on the nanolevel. As the silk dope travels along the long ducts within the spider, it undergoes significant structural changes due to pH gradients ...

View Full Profile. Learn about our Editorial Policies. Researchers don’t know enough about spider silk structure and composition to understand why it possesses such superior mechanical properties. For ...

Study led by Oxford University found that spider ... When a silk thread is plucked like a guitar string, the sound it makes carries information about prey, mates and the structure of a web to ...

Spiders, their venom and their silk pose many unsolved questions for science. A new study provides clues to better understand these eight-legged creatures.