A new way to create synthetic proteins could lead to more flexible designs
Building up proteins from scratch, rather than piecing together fragments of existing proteins, could make designing new nanomaterials easier.
Biotechnology
Aug 30, 2016
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News tagged with spider silk
Spider silk: Mother Nature's bio-superlens
Scientists at the UK's Bangor and Oxford universities have achieved a world first: using spider-silk as a superlens to increase the microscope's potential.
Materials Science
Aug 19, 2016
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Spiders spin unique phononic material
New discoveries about spider silk could inspire novel materials to manipulate sound and heat in the same way semiconducting circuits manipulate electrons, according to scientists at Rice University, in Europe and in Singapore.
Materials Science
Jul 25, 2016
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Light used to measure the 'big stretch' in spider silk proteins
While working to improve a tool that measures the pushes and pulls sensed by proteins in living cells, biophysicists at Johns Hopkins say they've discovered one reason spiders' silk is so elastic: Pieces of the silk's protein ...
Nanomaterials
Feb 15, 2016
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Using spider silk to detect molecules
At EPFL, fiber optics specialists have discovered some unique qualities of spider silk when it comes to conducting light and reacting to certain substances.
Materials Science
Jan 13, 2016
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Learning from biology to accelerate discovery
A spider's web is one of the most intricate constructions in nature, but its precious silk has more than one use. Silk threads can be used as draglines, guidelines, anchors, pheromonal trails, nest lining, or even food. And ...
Materials Science
Jul 6, 2015
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Seafaring spiders depend on their 'sails' and 'anchors'
Spiders travel across water like ships, using their legs as sails and their silk as an anchor, according to research published in the open access journal BMC Evolutionary Biology. The study helps explain how spiders are able ...
Plants & Animals
Jul 3, 2015
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Researchers develop ultra-tough fiber that imitates the structure of spider silk
Professors Frederick Gosselin and Daniel Therriault, along with their master's student Renaud Passieux, are not related to Spiderman. Nevertheless, these Polytechnique Montreal researchers have produced an ultra-tough polymer ...
Materials Science
Jun 3, 2015
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Simulations and experiments aim to improve on spiders in creating strong, resilient fibers
After years of research decoding the complex structure and production of spider silk, researchers have now succeeded in producing samples of this exceptionally strong and resilient material in the laboratory. The new development ...
Materials Science
May 28, 2015
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Researchers explore mechanics of silk to design materials with high strength and low density
Spider silk has long been noted for its graceful structure, as well as its advanced material properties: Ounce for ounce, it is stronger than steel.
Materials Science
May 15, 2015
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