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silk
silk A material produced by the silk glands of spiders, some insects, and certain other invertebrates (e.g. centipedes). It is exuded as a liquid by a protruding appendage, the spinneret, but quickly hardens after leaving the gland. Silk is composed of α-keratin crystals embedded in a rubbery... Read more |
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trapdoor spiders
trapdoor spiders (order Araneae, suborder Mygalomorphae) Spiders of the families Antrodiaetidae, Actinopodidae, and Ctenizidae, which have three tarsal claws and a rastellum. Most species are 1–3 cm long and live in a silk-lined tube dug into the ground, with a silk lid. Passing insects are... Read more |
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spinneret
spinneret One of the specialized silk-handling devices found in spiders. In general there are four pairs, two pairs on the tenth abdominal segment and two pairs on the eleventh, although few spiders retain the maximum complement in the adult stage. The anterior median pair is usually lost, but... Read more |
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Aasiaat
Aasiaat, Greenland/Denmark Egedesminde ‘The Spiders’ in Inuktitut. The original Inuktitut name was Asiaat. In the centre of a populated region on the west coast of Greenland, the name gives the idea of a spider's web, although the spiders that live here do not spin webs. It was named... Read more |
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Silk Road
Silk Road BIBLIOGRAPHY The term Silk Road (die Seidenstrasse) was first coined by the nineteenth-century German explorer Baron Ferdinand von Richthofen (1833-1905). It broadly describes the ancient trading routes stretching across the Eurasian continent from China to Europe. While silk was... Read more |
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Spider monkeys
Ateles (spider monkey) See CEBIDAE.... Read more |
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silkworm
silkworm name for the larva of various species of moths, indigenous to Asia and Africa but now domesticated and raised for silk production throughout most of the temperate zone. The culture of silkworms is called sericulture. The various species of silkworms raised today are distinguished by... Read more |
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fiberglass
fiberglass thread made from glass. It is made by forcing molten glass through a kind of sieve, thereby spinning it into threads. Fiberglass is strong, durable, and impervious to many caustics and to extreme temperatures. For those qualities, fabrics woven from the glass threads are widely used for... Read more |
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Black widow spider
black widow spider (Latrodectus mactans) See THERIDIIDAE.... Read more |
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rayon
rayon synthetic fibers made from cellulose or textiles woven from such fibers; more rayon is manufactured than any other synthetic fiber. The name was adopted (1924), in preference to "artificial silk," by the U.S. Dept. of Commerce and various commercial associations. As early as 1665 the... Read more |
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Taken for a spin: scientists look to spiders for the goods on silk.
...support, the stronger it is. In...Dragline silk is as strong as steel...Kevlar," says Blackledge...orb weavers spin five fibrous silks and two adhesive silks. Among the fibrous silks is dragline...ampullate silk. Orb weaving...on their webs with ... |
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Silk: mimicking how spiders make their complex array of silks could usher in...
...Exceedingly strong, yet elastic...cartilage. Scientists are coming...but most spiders are both...meters of silk, a spider gives up...coax spider silks from other...scientists can make mass quantities...best way to spin it--then...potential to make a ... |
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Webs of possibility; Sutures, armor may be created from study of spider...
...All spiders spin silk webs, the...Coddington says. One silk creates cocoons...prey. The silk is produced...practical Orb webs are those...associated with spiders - think of...Charlotte's Web." These...variety of silks woven together to create ... |
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Spinning Gold From Goats; Canadian Biotech Says It's Found a Way to...
...intricate webs fascinated...blockbuster "Spider-Man...delicate silk threads...the best spider silk is five times as strong as steel...efforts, scientists couldn...to produce spider silk in large...territorial spiders can't be...material used to make ... |
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Spinning a stronger yarn: after decades of study, scientists are now...
...OMITTED] Spiders have been spinning silk threads for...their woven webs may look...weight certain silks produced by spiders are around six times stronger than steel...fact, a spider can produce...different silks, composed of silk proteins...silks that ... |
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SPIDER MEN: RESEARCHERS HOPE TO HARNESS POWER OF SPIDER SILK
...ability to spin strong, flexible webs. Jeff Yarger...to harness spider power in...real-world spider men aren...structure of spider silk in an...to mimic spiders' eco-friendly...properties," says Yarger...used to make the framework of a web. Some ... |
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SPIDER MEN: RESEARCHERS HOPE TO HARNESS POWER OF SPIDER SILK.
...ability to spin strong, flexible webs. Jeff Yarger...to harness spider power in...real-world spider men aren...structure of spider silk in an...to mimic spiders' eco-friendly...properties," says Yarger...used to make the framework of a web. Some ... |
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RESEARCHERS AIM TO HARNESS POWER OF SPIDER SILK
...ability to spin strong, flexible webs. Jeff Yarger...to harness spider power in...real-world spider men aren...structure of spider silk in an...to mimic spiders' eco-friendly...properties," says Yarger...used to make the framework of a web. Some ... |
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Scientists Spin Silk From Milk
...hamster cells, scientists have caused...protein that makes spider silk, a step...tough fiber. Spider silk has...develop "spider farms...Jeffrey Turner says he can increase...code orb-web spiders to produce...one of the strongest types _ ... |
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Mammalian cells spin a spidery new yarn.(dragline spider silk)(Brief Article)
...simple spider web. Spider dragline silk is stronger than Kevlar...entrepreneurs and scientists scheming...spun into strong, lightweight...encouraging," says Randy Lewis...biologist and spider silk expert...itself. In spiders, specialized...solution ... |
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