Study led by Oxford University found that spider silk transmits vibrations across a range of frequencies When a silk thread is plucked like a guitar string, the sound it makes carries information ...

The strings are said to have a "soft and profound timbre" relative to traditional gut or steel strings. That may arise from the way the strings are twisted, resulting in a "packing structure" that ...

Spider silk is turning out to be a remarkably versatile material. Aside from having a higher heat conductivity than any other organic matter and proteins for inserting genes into cells, strings from a ...

A Japanese scientist has made violin strings out of spider silk and claims that, in the right hands, they produce a beautiful sound. Thousands of the tiny strands can be wound together to produce a ...