Spider-Man has had web-shooters since his creation in 1962, allowing him to spin webs for various uses. Andrew Garfield and Tom Holland's versions of Spider-Man incorporate web-shooters into their ...

In the summer of 2018, Marco Lo Presti worked on making a strong underwater adhesive using silk fibroin, which can be ...

Researchers at Tufts University's Silklab have developed sticky fibers inspired by spider silk that may be the closest real-life example of Spider-Man's web shooters we've ever seen. These fibers are ...

Tufts University biotech researcher Marco Lo Presti made an astonishing discovery while investigating how silk and dopamine allow mussels to stick to rocky surfaces. “While using acetone to clean the ...

Just inside the first gallery devoted to “Marvel’s Spider-Man: Beyond Amazing — The Exhibit” at the Griffin Museum of Science and Industry, there is a life-size Spider-Man statue or mannequin. I don’t ...

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