Comb-Charging Spider's Nanofiber Secrets (IMAGE)
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The "garden center spider" (Uloborus plumipes) combs and pulls its silk and builds up an electrostatic charge to create sticky filaments just a few nanometers thick. It could inspire a new way to make super long and strong nanofibers.
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Hartmut Kronenberger & Katrin Kronenberger (Oxford University)
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