Scientists create synthetic duplicates of spiders' super-sticky, silk 'attachment discs'
Sunday, May 18, 2014 - 19:00
in Physics & Chemistry
Researchers are again spinning inspiration from spider silk -- this time to create more efficient and stronger commercial and biomedical adhesives that could, for example, potentially attach tendons to bones or bind fractures. The scientists created synthetic duplicates of the super-sticky, silk "attachment discs" that spiders use to attach their webs to surfaces.