Spider Silk

Marvels of Creation | by | Volume 27, Issue 1 | January – February 2021

Spider silk is one of the strongest materials in the natural world. Consisting almost entirely of large proteins, silk fibres have tensile strengths comparable to steel

and, on a weight to weight basis, some silks are nearly as elastic as rubber. In combining these two properties, silks revea…

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