Tuesday, August 18, 2015

If you’re wowed by the power of spider silk, then you’ll be surprised that a group of scientists put their heads together to make this (already) durable material even stronger. Just imagine Spiderman’s web-slinging abilities, but on steroids. The scientists initially tested spiders by spraying one test group with a mixture of and graphene and the other with a mixture of water and carbon nanotubes. The spiders spritzed with the carbon nanotubes actually managed to weave the carbon into their silk, making it 3.5 times stronger than ever before. To learn more about this awesome experiment, check out this link: http://mentalfloss.com/article/63842/researchers-created-spiders-spin-super-silk

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