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Scientists create real-life Spider-Man sticky-web shooter
While working on a project to create super-strong adhesive using a silk moth protein known as fibroin, researcher Marco Lo Presti noticed a web-like material had formed...
Why it matters: Scientists from Tufts University are one step closer to replicating the silk secreted by spiders, and the "accidental breakthrough" could eventually lead to sci-fi style web-slinging gadgets. While working on a project to create super-strong adhesive using a silk moth protein known as fibroin, researcher Marco Lo Presti noticed a web-like material had formed in the bottom of his glassware after cleaning it with acetone. Furthermore, adding a protein called chitosan from insect exoskeletons made the material up to 200 times more tensile; another additive – borate buffer – boosted its adhesiveness 18-fold, the scientists found.
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