Spider web glue spins society toward new biobased adhesives

Tuesday, December 22, 2009 - 13:28 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 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.

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