Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent every weekday. Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. For spiders, spinning their silky webs is a matter of survival ...

Like silkworm moths, butterflies and spiders, caddisfly larvae spin silk, but they do so underwater instead on dry land. Now, researchers have discovered why the fly's silk is sticky when wet and how ...

SOMERVILLE, Mass. — Professor Fiorenzo Omenetto and research assistant Marco Lo Presti and their team at Silklab create silk-based inventions that are inspired by nature, such as silk from various ...

Schematic and photograph of a hydrogel patch adhered on the human skin through the silk adhesive. (Image: KAIST) Recently, biocompatible silk fibroins has been increasingly used for flexible ...

Producing effective epidermal electronics requires a strong, biocompatible interface between a biological surface and a sensor. Here, a KAIST team employed a calcium-modified silk fibroin as a ...