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Unraveling another secret of spider silk—it's a cable

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Phys.org

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2018-11-07

Scientists are spinning out the secrets of one of nature's most A strand of spider silk is five times stronger than a steel cable of the same weight, said Hannes Schniepp of the Department of Applied Science at William & Mary. His lab has been unraveling the secrets behind the strength of the brown recluse spider.

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https://phys.org/news/2018-11-unraveling-secret-spider-silkit-cable.html