The material, a sibling of the space-blanket polymer Kevlar, has been developed by chemical giant DuPont and tested by NASA at its White Sands Test Facility (WTSF) in New Mexico. The tests showed ...

To add strength to them without weight, a series of Kevlar threads are strung from one end of the truss to the other on the interior, and then tensioned by twisting the threads at one end.

corresponding and first author of the study "We have created a spider's web using synthetic threads of the same size," i.e. carbon or Kevlar threads. "But we also wanted to understand how spiders ...

We have created a spider's web using synthetic threads of the same size," i.e. carbon or Kevlar® threads. "But we also wanted to understand how spiders manage to cut their silk, a very strong and ...