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— Scientists are finally closing in on the answers to a puzzle that has perplexed them for centuries: How does a spider spin a web of silk that is five times stronger, on a weight-to-strength basis, than steel? ... If we could spin silk as strong as a spider's, we could create all sorts of biomedical devices of...
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abcnews.go.com/Technology/story?id=97539&page=1
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If she needs to rebuild a web, she will eat the broken strands and digest them. This helps her make more new silk. Nothing is wasted. (Spider webs are so strong that some native peoples twist the webs to make fishing nets.
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pelotes.jea.com/spiders.htm
pelotes.jea.com/spiders.htm
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name Lindsey status student age 11 Question - I need to know the stregth of a spider's thread for a science project but I can't find it anywhere.
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www.newton.dep.anl.gov/askasci/bio99/bio99705.htm
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A typical web, usually built at night, has a central sheet of densely woven silk which serves as a hiding place and is anchored by numerous guy lines that are long and strong. This spider is one of the large family known as the comb- footed spiders.
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www.newton.dep.anl.gov/natbltn/100-199/nb165.htm
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In the world of natural fibers, spider silk has long been recognized as the wonder fiber for its unique combination of high strength and rupture elongation. An earlier study indicated spider silk has strength as high as 1.75 GPa at a breaki...
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The faster a thread is drawn out, the tighter its molecules cling together and the stronger the strand. Despite being a very fine filament, spider silk is so enormously strong scientists have calculated a strand would have to be fifty miles long before it would break under its own weight.
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www.microscopy-uk.org.uk/mag/artnov98/baspid3.html
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Learn how to make a web page quick and easy at the Iron Spider Web Design & Resource Center. Also, free MySpace layouts and web hosting info... ... Iron Spider Web Log...
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www.ironspider.ca/
www.ironspider.ca/
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The thread of the orb web spider Araneus diadematus is very elastic and can be stretched 30 - 40% before it breaks. ... Spider silk is very strong and tough material. A thread with a radius of 3 cm can stop a Boeing 747 in full flight.
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www.xs4all.nl/~ednieuw/Spiders/InfoNed/webthread.html
www.xs4all.nl/~ednieuw/Spiders/InfoNed/webthread.html
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Spider Business Directory is a premium business directory. A strong web directory that offers permanent listings. We believe we can make spiders crawl on your business websites. Apparently! ... Spider Web Director...
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www.spiderwebdirectory.com/
www.spiderwebdirectory.com/
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