Cave-dwelling orb spiders have adapted their webs so they act as tripwires for prey that crawl on the walls of the caves ...
The results provide evidence for the hypothesis that spiders crouch to sense differences in web frequencies to locate prey ...
In lab experiments, spiders changed how they constructed their webs in noisy environments, and rural and urban spiders ...
Narrator: A spider's web is more than just a spider's house ... State University known for his pioneering efforts in producing synthetic spider silk. Now, Lewis and other scientists say that ...
Insights could be applied to designing stronger, tougher synthetic materials. When spiders spin their webs, they use their hind legs to pull silk threads from their spinnerets. This pulling action ...
Researchers exposed spiders to a range of different chemicals — including caffeine, marijuana, and Benzedrine — and noted how differently they spin webs under the influence of each.
While synthetic fabrics have dominated the textile industry in ... (2) Scientists studied the spidroin protein from dragline silk threads found in spider webs and coaxed microbes to produce it. (3) ...
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 ...