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web-slinging here we come: scientists add metals to make super-strong spider silk

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Yet another proof that geeks are indeed cool: A bunch of scientists – whose professional motto is “Why not?” – decided to combine certain metals with the silk of the Araneus spider, and came up with “super-strength spider silk.” The experiment was actually inspired by a certain marine worm that had jaws powerful enough to…

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April 24th, 2009 comments stumble it! digg it! author: lambert v.

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