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To Spin Silk Five Times Stronger Than Steel, Spiders Perform a Stretching Trick
Spider silk is one of the most fascinating natural materials known to humans. It is more flexible than rubber yet tougher ...
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Artificial Silk-A Textile Marvel
A number of these filaments, 12 to 20, are gathered together and twisted into a yarn in the same way that cocoon silk threads are spun or thrown together. The artificial silk threads, while still ...
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Silk-inspired in situ web spinning for situated robots
Researchers at the Institute of Technology, University of Tartu, present a robotics concept in which temporary robot ...
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Surpassing silkworm silk by taking the holistic approach
The undegummed silk fibre. Photo: Freyla Ferguson/IFM Silkworm silk is a protein-based fibre with mechanical properties rivalling synthetic fibres and spun using a fraction of the energy. Yet despite ...