Spider science: Researchers create synthetic silk that mimics the phase-shifting behavior of webbing
Wednesday, May 18, 2016 - 09:10
in Physics & Chemistry
Scientists have discovered a remarkable property of a certain type of spider silk: It acts like a solid when you stretch it, but liquid when you squish it. And they’ve proven that they understand how this "liquid wire" works by actually creating synthetic strands that can do the exact same thing...