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 ...

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 ...

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

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

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

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

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

What makes Mexican jumping beans jump? New research from Binghamton University reveals that Mexican jumping bean larvae ...