A team of scientists led by The University of Western Australia has discovered two new species of trapdoor spiders in the ...

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Simulations showed that stretching aligns protein chains and increases hydrogen bonds, which act like tiny bridges between ...

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Computational analysis provides new insights into silk's mechanical properties that was unavailable experimentally ...

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When a spider weaves its web, it stretches the silk with its hind legs. This gesture, far from being insignificant, aligns the protein chains and increases the number of hydrogen bonds between them.