Spiders’ unspun silk flows easier the faster it is sheared

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Nephila Senegalensis (Golden orb weaving spider).Credit: Oxford Silk Group
Nephila Senegalensis (Golden orb weaving spider).Credit: Oxford Silk Group

Oxford researchers have discovered that spiders and silkworms spin their fibres using methods that are not all that different from commercial spinning.


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