Narrator: A spider's web is more than just a spider's house ... State University known for his pioneering efforts in producing synthetic spider silk. Now, Lewis and other scientists say that ...

Building these strong yet ephemeral traps is a process that follows patterns shared among spider species. But is there room for individual variation that makes one species' web — or one individual ...

Several experiments showed the web’s adhesiveness and elasticity ... as it overcame some engineering challenges to create ...

Known for its unmatched relative strength and flexibility, which could find uses in novel textiles, spider silk has long eluded efficient synthetic ... the radial lines in webs and also when ...