Scientists have created a fluid which when shot from a gadget becomes a strong sticky fibre that can lift very heavy objects.

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

Man, using it to swing through the air or lift objects. Researchers at Tufts University have turned that fantasy into a ...

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

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

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

Researchers have developed the first web-slinging technology that shoots liquid silk which can lift and adhere to objects.<br ...

As a result of the work, the technology can pick up objects more than 80 times their own weight. Lo Presti said: “If you look ...

Researchers have long sought to create strong fibres that could be deployed as tethers, inspired by the silk secreted by ...

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 ...

Researchers are attempting to create the iconic web fluid used by everyone's friendly neighborhood Spider-Man, and it's ...