One of the things children of the late 21st century remark on, when looking back at people in the 2020s, is the clothes. What are they wearing, the kids ask. The issue isn’t so much the design and the ...

It already exists in the natural world. Now, thanks to breakthroughs in genetic engineering, scientists have created ...

Engineers developed a method to create synthetic spider silk at high yields while retaining strength and toughness using mussel foot proteins. Scientists have long been intrigued by the remarkable ...

Spider silk—six times tougher than Kevlar and stronger than steel—has now been produced by an unexpected source. Spider silk is a biological protein fiber spun by spiders. Many of these fibers have ...

Stronger than steel and more eco-friendly than plastic, spider silk is an alluring substance for material scientists. 1 However, researchers know little about the proteins that comprise it and how ...