Researchers have developed a method that turns silk moth cocoons into a shootable, sticky protein solution that works ...

It’s straight out of a comic book: a shot of liquid silk quickly hardens into a sticky, strong fiber that can lift objects 80 ...

While working on a project to create super-strong adhesive using a silk moth protein known as fibroin, researcher Marco Lo ...

Newly developed fibres have demonstrated the capability to lift objects weighing over 80 times their own weight ...

Can superhero powers be translated into real life? This is what a recent study published in Advanced Functional Materials ...

Every kid who has read a comic book or watched a Spider-Man movie has tried to imagine what it would be like to shoot a web ...

Inspired by the fantastical abilities of comic book superheroes, researchers at Tufts University have developed a real-life ...

Scientists invent real-life Spider-Man sticky-web gadget - Silk fibre shot through needle lifts steel bolt, scalpel and ...

Researchers in the US have developed a silk solution that can be ejected from a needle, solidify as a string, and adhere to ...

Heroic Act Researchers say they've created real-life web-slinging technology like something straight out of "Spider-Man." ...

The sticky fibers are produced at the Tufts University Silklab, using silk from moth cocoons. These cocoons are boiled in a ...