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(Spider dragline silk has a tensile strength of roughly 1.3 GPa. The tensile strength listed for steel might be slightly higher – e.g. 1.65 GPa, [24] [25] but spider silk is a much less dense material, so that a given weight of spider silk is five times as strong as the same weight of steel.)
The web of Darwin's bark spider is remarkable in that it is not only the longest spanning web ever observed, but is the largest orb web ever seen, at an area of up to 2.8 square metres (30 sq ft). [2] Nephila komaci, discovered in 2009, and some other Nephila species also make webs that can exceed 1 m (3 ft 3 in) across. [4]
BioSteel was a trademark name for a high-strength fiber-based material made of the recombinant spider silk-like protein extracted from the milk of transgenic goats, made by defunct Montreal-based company Nexia Biotechnologies, and later by the Randy Lewis lab of the University of Wyoming and Utah State University. [1]
A classic circular form spider's web Infographic illustrating the process of constructing an orb web. A spider web, spiderweb, spider's web, or cobweb (from the archaic word coppe, meaning 'spider') [1] is a structure created by a spider out of proteinaceous spider silk extruded from its spinnerets, generally meant to catch its prey.
This spider makes use of its triangle-shaped web in a unique fashion compared to most orb-weaving spiders. [4] Using its body as a bridge between an anchor line and the main trap line of the web, it uses its legs to reel in the silk leading to the rest of the web to increase tension within the structure.
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This produces a characteristic "spider web" cracking pattern (radial and concentric cracks) when the impact is not enough to completely pierce the glass. [10] Laminated glass is normally used when there is a possibility of human impact or where the glass could fall if shattered. Skylight glazing and automobile windshields typically use ...
We come in contact with it all the time, but the markings on the one-dollar bill remain shrouded in mystery. Until now. 1. The Creature. In the upper-right corner of the bill, above the left of ...