Viscoelasticity – the sticky secret of spider webs

This year spiders' glycoprotein web adhesives have been shown to possess viscoelastic properties, as pressure sensitive adhesives do. Could formulators learn from them? Orb-weaving spiders have evolved the ability to make webs whose secret weapon is... (Editorial)

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