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Engineers probe spiders' polymer art
10-30-2006 · Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)A team of MIT engineers has identified two key physical processes that lend spider silk its unrivaled strength and durability, bringing closer to reality the long-sought goal of spinning artificial spider silk.
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- Brookhaven Lab's Eric Forsyth Honored by the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc.
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