Stretching spider silk makes it stronger
March 07, 2025
March 07, 2025
EVANSTON, Illinois, March 7 -- Northwestern University posted the following news release:
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Stretching spider silk makes it stronger
* When they weave their webs, spiders pull their silk threads
* New simulations show stretching during spinning causes the protein chains within the fibers to align and the number of hydrogen bonds between those chains to increase
* Both factors increase the silk fibers' overall strength . . .
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Stretching spider silk makes it stronger
* When they weave their webs, spiders pull their silk threads
* New simulations show stretching during spinning causes the protein chains within the fibers to align and the number of hydrogen bonds between those chains to increase
* Both factors increase the silk fibers' overall strength . . .