All played roles as three researchers at the University of Wyoming attempted to answer a basic question about nature: What makes spider webs sticky? The scientists say they now have the answer. Turns ...

Imagine designing and creating a rope only an inch thick, able to stretch without breaking two to four times its normal length but strong enough to stop a huge airliner. Then add to the requirements ...

MUSKEGON, MI – Walking into a sticky spider web can be a day wrecker, and Michigan’s woods are full of them. The clingy structures attach to faces and clothes and are a pain to remove. That stickiness ...

Spider webs are made from a protein fiber which we call silk. It is both strong and stretchy but not all spider silk is the same, there are several different types. Spiders produce silk using special ...