Spider Web Glue Spins Society Toward New Biobased Adhesives
Friday, October 23, 2009 - 15:28
in Mathematics & Economics
With would-be goblins and ghosts set to drape those huge fake spider webs over doorways and trees for Halloween, scientists in Wyoming are reporting on a long-standing mystery about real spider webs: It is the secret of spider web glue. The findings are an advance toward a new generation of biobased adhesives and glues -- "green" glues that replace existing petroleum-based products for a range of uses.