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Scientists developed a method to make silk-based materials that refuse to stick to water, or almost anything else containing water. Molded into forms like plastic, or coated onto surfaces as a film, ...

We're not talking about the latest high-tech material developed in a lab somewhere, but one of nature's supermaterials — spider silk. Spiders make many different kinds of silks. Orb-weaver spiders, ...

Silkworm thread has been turned into superstrong material that surpasses the strength of natural spider silks, according to research. Scientists have made it 70 percent stronger than a spider's silk ...

From making parachutes to building scuba tanks, the arachnids have come up with some fascinating creations Shi En Kim - Reporter Spider silk is more than just a web for snaring prey. Gustavo Forster ...