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Spiders sprayed with water containing carbon nanotubes and graphene flakes have produced the toughest fibers ever measured, say materials scientists.

Spider silk is one of the more extraordinary materials known to science. The protein fiber, spun by spiders to make webs, is stronger than almost anything that humans can make.

The dragline silk spiders use to make a web’s outer rim and spokes is amazing stuff. It matches high-grade alloy steel for tensile strength but is about a sixth as dense. It is also highly ductile, sometimes capable of stretching to five times its length.

This combination of strength and ductility makes spider silk extremely tough, matching the toughness of state-of-the-art carbon fibers such as Kevlar.

So it goes without saying that the ability to make spider silk even stronger and tougher would be a significant scientific coup. Which is why the work of Emiliano Lepore at the University of Trento in Italy and a few pals is something of a jaw-dropper.

These guys have found a way to incorporate carbon nanotubes and graphene into spider silk and increase its strength and toughness beyond anything that has been possible before. The resulting material has properties such as fracture strength, Young’s modulus, and toughness modulus higher than anything ever measured.

[link to www.technologyreview.com]
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Expect they'll be starting spider farms now.

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Expect they'll be starting spider farms now.

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Yes lots of spider farms.
Spider silk suit..
Alllriiiight.
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Very creapy, and they abuse the spider.
A spider has the right to live a normal life, without being poisened and abused.
(not in my house ofcourse)
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We need to spray people with brain chuckle
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We need to spray people with brain chuckle
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Spiders sprayed with water containing carbon nanotubes and graphene flakes have produced the toughest fibers ever measured, say materials scientists.

Spider silk is one of the more extraordinary materials known to science. The protein fiber, spun by spiders to make webs, is stronger than almost anything that humans can make.

The dragline silk spiders use to make a web’s outer rim and spokes is amazing stuff. It matches high-grade alloy steel for tensile strength but is about a sixth as dense. It is also highly ductile, sometimes capable of stretching to five times its length.

This combination of strength and ductility makes spider silk extremely tough, matching the toughness of state-of-the-art carbon fibers such as Kevlar.

So it goes without saying that the ability to make spider silk even stronger and tougher would be a significant scientific coup. Which is why the work of Emiliano Lepore at the University of Trento in Italy and a few pals is something of a jaw-dropper.

These guys have found a way to incorporate carbon nanotubes and graphene into spider silk and increase its strength and toughness beyond anything that has been possible before. The resulting material has properties such as fracture strength, Young’s modulus, and toughness modulus higher than anything ever measured.

[link to www.technologyreview.com]
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Expect they'll be starting spider farms now.

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Goat farms.
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What would happen if I ingested nanotubes?
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What would happen if I ingested nanotubes?
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Rock hard diamond coated poomps!!!
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We are right on that edge of way too far.
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Imagine spider farm with few million spiders escaping towards nearest village!
The Wrath is going to be Endless
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We are right on that edge of way too far.
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wat??
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What would happen if I ingested nanotubes?
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Don't give them any ideas.
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These would make awesome condoms.
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Never attribute to malice that which is adequately explained by stupidity.

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Industrial spiders?rockon

You know those mornings when you walk through a garden or an archway and there's that fresh spiderweb that was put up overnight? Now imagine a carbon reinforced spiderweb wrapped around your face!tyrone1
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Amazing news.

But, but, but... won't they invest billions developing armors with this technology for a long time before they make anything related to health and infrastructure for the population ?

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So, I was talking with this kid named Peter. He says this shits been around a while.
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Only downside is you probably cannot squash a carbon reinforced spider any more. Bad news for the women around the world chuckle

Last Edited by Face Palmer on 05/07/2015 08:25 AM
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Now hybrid that with a human and oh shit
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Couldn't they use the stuff to make lightweight bulletproof vests?
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you want stronger spider silk then you've got to have a colony of spiders in controlled conditions where you have a controlled environmental pressure like only large and fast prey items that can break their webs, that way mother nature will find a way to reduce the breakage and produce stronger silk. You can also combine it with selective breeding.
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Expect they'll be starting spider farms now.

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all hail our new spider overlords

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What would happen if I ingested nanotubes?
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You would either have unflushable poop or unswallowable semen.
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We need to spray people with brain chuckle
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What if we drank carbon nanotubes e infused water? :)
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What would happen if I ingested nanotubes?
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You would either have unflushable poop or unswallowable semen.
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How bout Kevlar penetrating lugies :)
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