Spiders are diverse, predatory arthropods that have inhabited Earth for around 400 million
years. They are well known for their complex venom systems that are used to overpower …

Spider webs are incredible biological structures, comprising thin but strong silk filament and
arranged into complex hierarchical architectures with striking mechanical properties (eg …

Spider silk exhibits remarkable properties, especially its well-known tensile performances.
They rely on a complex nanostructured hierarchical organisation that studies progressively …

Spiders are the preeminent silk craftsmen among arthropods and are best known for
producing aerial orb webs that snare flying insects. Orb web spiders are ubiquitous …

Global ecological damage has heightened the demand for silk as 'a structural material made
from sustainable resources'. Scientists have earnestly searched for stronger and tougher …

Silk is a key innovation in spiders, fascinating both biologists and material scientists.
However, to fulfil their biological function silken threads must be strongly fastened to …

Web structure is a flexible structure widely used in animal predation behavior and human
hunting work, which exhibits an excellent capability of gripping objects stably and securely …

Spiders are abundantly found in nature and most ecosystems, making up more than 47 000
species. This ecological success is in part due to the exceptional mechanics of the spider …

Severe wounds in biological systems such as human skin cannot heal themselves, unless
they are first stitched together. Healing of macroscopic damage in thermoset polymer …

The Wnt genes represent a large family of secreted glycoprotein ligands that date back to
early animal evolution. Multiple duplication events generated a set of 13 Wnt families of …