Spiderman's Silk Secret Revealed? (IMAGE)

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Spiderman's Silk Secret Revealed?

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This is an Araneus spider. This image relates to an article that appeared in the April 24, 2009, issue of Science, published by AAAS. The study, by Dr. Lee at Max Planck Institute of Microstructure Physics in Halle, Germany, and colleagues, was titled, "Greatly Increased Toughness of Infiltrated Spider Silk."

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Image courtesy of Seung-Mo Lee in MPI Halle

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