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ASU team unravels key mysteries of spider silk


October 22, 2018

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Scientists at Arizona State University (ASU) are celebrating their recent success on the path to understanding what makes the fiber that spiders spin -- weight for weight -- at least five times as strong as steel. One of the fundamental mysteries of spider silk that has limited scientists' ability to produce artificial silks of the quality of natural silks has just been explained by researchers in ASU's School of Molecular Sciences. Full Story

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