graphene spiders

Spiders Sprayed with Graphene Weave Futuristic Webs

Medicine & Technology May 08, 2015

One of the most amazing materials in nature has got to be spider silk. Although thinner than a human hair, it is stronger by weight than steel, can be stretched up to four times its original length, and is about as durable as Kevlar - of bullet proof vest fame. Yet Italian scientists have recently improved on Mother Nature by applying the latest in nanomaterials technology to those notorious web spinners. Introducing the graphene spiders.

graphene spiders

Spiders Sprayed with Graphene Weave Futuristic Webs

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