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Engineers Probe Spiders' Polymer Art: Manufactured Silk Could Be Used For Artificial Tendons, Parachutes, More
October 30, 2006 — 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 ... > full story -
Spider Silk: Could 'Webicillin' Beat Infections?
October 9, 2006 — Could a dose of webicillin beat that stubborn infection? Could a cobweb bandage help soldiers and accident victims with bleeding wounds? Is a wrapping of spider silk the key to preventing the body ... > full story -
Nanotechnology To Stop Weaponized Anthrax In Its Tracks
October 3, 2006 — Clemson University chemist Ya-Ping Sun and his research team have developed a countermeasure strategy to weaponized anthrax, a biological agent used by a terrorist or terrorists that killed five ... > full story -
Tarantulas Produce Silk From Their Feet
September 27, 2006 — Researchers have found for the first time that tarantulas can produce silk from their feet as well as their spinnerets, a discovery with profound implications for why spiders began to spin silk in ... > full story -
Deer-Free Areas May Be Haven For Ticks, Disease
August 30, 2006 — Excluding deer could be a counterproductive strategy for controlling tick-borne infections, because the absence of deer from small areas may lead to an increase in ticks, rapidly turning the area ... > full story -
Antioxidants May Protect Against Tick-Borne Illness
August 9, 2006 — For hikers, campers and others who enjoy the outdoors, summer can bring concerns about tick bites and related illnesses such as Rocky Mountain spotted fever. Researchers are investigating the role ... > full story -
Proteins As Parents: Recombining Parts Yields New Mechanical Properties
August 6, 2006 — A team from the University of British Columbia succeeded in producing proteins with new mechanical properties through the combination of two "parent" protein ... > full story -
Velvet Worm Brains Reveal Secret Sisterhood With Spiders
July 25, 2006 — Velvet worms, living fossils that look like a child's rendition of caterpillars, are more closely related to spiders and scorpions than to butterflies, according to new research. Known to scientists ... > full story -
Gatekeeping: Penn Researchers Find New Way To Open Ion Channels In Cell Membranes
July 17, 2006 — Researchers at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine have discovered a new way to open ion channels, in the membrane of cells. They found that an enzyme splits a lipid that surrounds the ... > full story -
How Parachute Spiders Invade New Territory
July 12, 2006 — Researchers have developed a new model that explains how spiders are able to "fly" or "parachute" into new territory on single strands of silk -- sometimes covering distances of hundreds of miles ... > full story
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