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Spider silk is stronger than steel. It also assembles itself.

Fortunately for spiders, millennia of evolution have made spiderines versatile. Dr .. Rising explained that the proteins are designed like barbells: long, messy strings tied with bolt-like blobs at each end. In silk glands, these barbells are thought to be naturally attached at one end, forming a V-shaped duo that …

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