Engineers probe spiders' polymer art

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MIT researchers hope the golden silk spider will help them figure out how to produce strong durable silk artificially. Photo courtesy Nikola Kojic
MIT researchers hope the golden silk spider will help them figure out how to produce strong, durable silk artificially. Photo courtesy / Nikola Kojic

A team of MIT engineers has identified two key physical processes that lend spider silk its unrivaled strength and durability, bringing closer to reality the long-sought goal of spinning artificial spider silk.


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