Proteins contributing to extremely tough Darwin’s bark spider silk
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Darwin’s bark spider is famous for its ultra-tough silk and giant orb webs. We discovered their silk glands express unusual…
Darwin’s bark spider is famous for its ultra-tough silk and giant orb webs. We discovered their silk glands express unusual…
By: Jeffrey Gardner, University of Maryland, Baltimore…
Scientists have come up with a new bio-inspired method that will allow for the production of artificial silk fibers by…
Relative to weight, the strength of a spider web rivals steel and Kevlar, the material used to make bullet-proof vests.
This is why I’m never setting foot in Madagascar. The island contains a small spider—nothing remarkable to look at. The spider…
ダーウィンズ・バーク・スパイダー、何という格好のいい名前。ダーウィンズ・バーク・スパイダー、声に出して読みたい。マダガスカルのアンダシベ・マンタディア国立公園にいるんだって。学名Caerostris darwini、コガネグモの仲間。 wikipedia…
Cada año, el Instituto Internacional para la Exploración de Especies (IISE) de la Universidad de Arizona y un comité…
With the start of 2011, it’s time for our annual round-up of some PLoS ONE articles that made various lists of significant…
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This is an arachnophobe’s worst nightmare: the largest spider web in the world. It belongs to the Darwin’s bark spider, which…