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Spider Silk

Author : Leslie Brunetta
Publisher : Yale University Press
ISBN 13 : 0300163150
Total Pages : 268 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (1 download)

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Download or read book Spider Silk written by Leslie Brunetta and published by Yale University Press. This book was released on 2010-06-08 with total page 268 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Spiders, objects of eternal human fascination, are found in many places: on the ground, in the air, and even under water. Leslie Brunetta and Catherine Craig have teamed up to produce a substantive yet entertaining book for anyone who has ever wondered, as a spider rappelled out of reach on a line of silk, “How do they do that?” The orb web, that iconic wheel-shaped web most of us associate with spiders, contains at least four different silk proteins, each performing a different function and all meshing together to create a fly-catching machine that has amazed and inspired humans through the ages. Brunetta and Craig tell the intriguing story of how spiders evolved over 400 million years to add new silks and new uses for silk to their survival “toolkit” and, in the telling, take readers far beyond the orb. The authors describe the trials and triumphs of spiders as they use silk to negotiate an ever-changing environment, and they show how natural selection acts at the genetic level and as individuals struggle for survival.

Stronger Than Steel

Author : Bridget Heos
Publisher : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
ISBN 13 : 0547681267
Total Pages : 85 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (476 download)

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Download or read book Stronger Than Steel written by Bridget Heos and published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. This book was released on 2013 with total page 85 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An introduction to the field of genetics through the story of Randy Lewis and his work with golden orb weaver spiders and his subsequent creation of artificial spider silk that can be used to save and improve lives. Full color.

Metal, Ceramic and Polymeric Composites for Various Uses

Author : John Cuppoletti
Publisher : BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN 13 : 9533073535
Total Pages : 702 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (33 download)

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Download or read book Metal, Ceramic and Polymeric Composites for Various Uses written by John Cuppoletti and published by BoD – Books on Demand. This book was released on 2011-07-20 with total page 702 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Composite materials, often shortened to composites, are engineered or naturally occurring materials made from two or more constituent materials with significantly different physical or chemical properties which remain separate and distinct at the macroscopic or microscopic scale within the finished structure. The aim of this book is to provide comprehensive reference and text on composite materials and structures. This book will cover aspects of design, production, manufacturing, exploitation and maintenance of composite materials. The scope of the book covers scientific, technological and practical concepts concerning research, development and realization of composites.

Silk & Venom

Author : Kathryn Lasky
Publisher : Candlewick Press
ISBN 13 : 0763642223
Total Pages : 64 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (636 download)

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Download or read book Silk & Venom written by Kathryn Lasky and published by Candlewick Press. This book was released on 2011 with total page 64 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Follows the firsthand search of arachnologist Greta Binford for the elusive Loxosceles, the deadly recluse spider.

Golden Spider Silk

Author : Simon Peers
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 111 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (127 download)

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Download or read book Golden Spider Silk written by Simon Peers and published by . This book was released on 2021 with total page 111 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Nature's Bulletproof: Decoding the Superiority of Darwin's Bark Spider Silk

Author : Zahid Ameer
Publisher : Zahid Ameer
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 49 pages
Book Rating : 4./5 ( download)

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Download or read book Nature's Bulletproof: Decoding the Superiority of Darwin's Bark Spider Silk written by Zahid Ameer and published by Zahid Ameer. This book was released on 2023-11-09 with total page 49 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Explore the extraordinary world of biomaterials in "Nature's Bulletproof: Decoding the Superiority of Darwin's Bark Spider Silk." Delve into the fascinating scientific journey unraveling the secrets behind the exceptional strength of Darwin's Bark Spider silk, a material over 10 times tougher than Kevlar, commonly used in bulletproof vests. In this compelling eBook, embark on a captivating adventure through the realms of nature's marvels. Discover the intricate processes that make Darwin's Bark Spider silk one of the toughest substances known to humankind. From its natural properties to potential applications in various industries, this eBook provides an in-depth exploration of the material's origins, characteristics, and groundbreaking research. Written by experts in the field, "Nature's Bulletproof" presents cutting-edge insights, engaging narratives, and visually stunning illustrations that bring the world of biomaterials to life. Whether you're a science enthusiast, researcher, or simply curious about the wonders of nature, this eBook offers a comprehensive understanding of the superior strength and versatility of Darwin's Bark Spider silk. "Nature's Bulletproof: Decoding the Superiority of Darwin's Bark Spider Silk" is your gateway to a world where nature's ingenuity meets scientific discovery. Unlock the mysteries of this exceptional biomaterial and gain a newfound appreciation for the wonders of the natural world.

Spider Webs

Author : William Eberhard
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
ISBN 13 : 022653474X
Total Pages : 679 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (265 download)

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Download or read book Spider Webs written by William Eberhard and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 2020-12-22 with total page 679 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this lavishly illustrated, first-ever book on how spider webs are built, function, and evolved, William Eberhard provides a comprehensive overview of spider functional morphology and behavior related to web building, and of the surprising physical agility and mental abilities of orb weavers. For instance, one spider spins more than three precisely spaced, morphologically complex spiral attachments per second for up to fifteen minutes at a time. Spiders even adjust the mechanical properties of their famously strong silken lines to different parts of their webs and different environments, and make dramatic modifications in orb designs to adapt to available spaces. This extensive adaptive flexibility, involving decisions influenced by up to sixteen different cues, is unexpected in such small, supposedly simple animals. As Eberhard reveals, the extraordinary diversity of webs includes ingenious solutions to gain access to prey in esoteric habitats, from blazing hot and shifting sand dunes (to capture ants) to the surfaces of tropical lakes (to capture water striders). Some webs are nets that are cast onto prey, while others form baskets into which the spider flicks prey. Some aerial webs are tramways used by spiders searching for chemical cues from their prey below, while others feature landing sites for flying insects and spiders where the spider then stalks its prey. In some webs, long trip lines are delicately sustained just above the ground by tiny rigid silk poles. Stemming from the author’s more than five decades observing spider webs, this book will be the definitive reference for years to come.

A Spider’s Web

Author : Peter N. Witt
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 3642854796
Total Pages : 114 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (428 download)

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Download or read book A Spider’s Web written by Peter N. Witt and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2012-12-06 with total page 114 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Gradually, a faint brightness appeared in the east, and the air, which had been very warm through the night, felt cool and chilly. Though there was no daylight yet, the darkness was diminished, and the stars looked pale. The prison, which had been a mere black mass with little shape or form, put on its usual aspect; and ever and anon a solitary watchman could be seen upon its roof, stopping to look down upon the preparations in the street . . . By and by the feeble light grew stronger, and the houses with their sign-boards and inscriptions stood plainly out, in the dull grey morning . . . And now, the sun's first beams came glancing into the street; and the night's work, which, in its various stages and in the varied fancies of the lookers-on had taken a hundred shapes, wore its own proper form - a scaffold and a gibbet . . . " (The Complete Works of Charles Dickens, Harper & Brothers, New York and London, Barnaby Rudge, Vol. II, Chapter XIX, page 164. ) Dickens describes an activity which takes place in the early morning hours, just before sunrise. As the day begins and people start to go about their business and get ready to watch the hanging, the hangman is ready with the gallows.

Spider Web

Author : Tracy Kompelien
Publisher : ABDO
ISBN 13 : 159928474X
Total Pages : 26 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (992 download)

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Download or read book Spider Web written by Tracy Kompelien and published by ABDO. This book was released on 2006-07-01 with total page 26 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Spencer the spider is determined to make a web that will last.

Inside the Spider’s Web

Author : Natalie Lunis
Publisher : Bearport Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1617729507
Total Pages : 24 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (177 download)

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Download or read book Inside the Spider’s Web written by Natalie Lunis and published by Bearport Publishing. This book was released on 2013-08-01 with total page 24 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A brightly colored spider stretches silky threads between two tree branches. Then it lets more silk out of its body and moves back and forth to make a set of straight lines. Finally, the spider moves in a spiral path leading out from the center of its large, wheel-shaped home. Welcome to the spider's web! Clear text, colorful photos, and diagrams will engage young readers as they explore the habitat, physical characteristics, diet, and behavior of these curious creatures. Age-appropriate activities and critical-thinking questions give readers an opportunity to make observations and gain valuable insights.

Amazing Spider-Man & Silk

Author :
Publisher : Marvel
ISBN 13 : 9781302902315
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (23 download)

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Download or read book Amazing Spider-Man & Silk written by and published by Marvel. This book was released on 2016-10-11 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For years they were strangers despite their common origin. Then they were lovers. Now they're not quite friends. But Spider-Man and Silk have no option but to put all that behind them for a timetorn Team-Up, when they are sent back to just before they got their spider-powers! Can they let bygones be bygones, stop a sinister threat to reality as they knew it, and avoid accidentally wiping out the moment that gave them their amazing abilities? Maybe these two anachronistic arachnids could enlist some aid from a local Forest Hills man. His name's Ben Parker, you might know him? Spider and Silk face a date with destiny right back where it all began - the spectacular science fair that started it all! COLLECTING: AMAZING SPIDER-MAN & SILK: THE SPIDER(FLY) EFFECT 1-4

Biotechnology of Silk

Author : Tetsuo Asakura
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 9400771193
Total Pages : 272 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (7 download)

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Download or read book Biotechnology of Silk written by Tetsuo Asakura and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2013-10-21 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is a snapshot of the current state of the art of research and development on the properties and characteristics of silk and their use in medicine and industry. The field encompasses backyard silk production from ancient time to industrial methods in the modern era and includes an example of efforts to maintain silk production on Madagascar. Once revered as worth its weight in gold, silk has captured the imagination from its mythical origins onwards. The latest methods in molecular biology have opened new descriptions of the underlying properties of silk. Advances in technological innovation have created silk production by microbes as the latest breakthrough in the saga of silk research and development. The application of silk to biomaterials is now very active on the basis of excellent properties of silks including recombinant silks for biomaterials and the accumulated structural information.

Spider Ecophysiology

Author : Wolfgang Nentwig
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 3642339891
Total Pages : 509 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (423 download)

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Download or read book Spider Ecophysiology written by Wolfgang Nentwig and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2013-02-15 with total page 509 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With over 43,000 species, spiders are the largest predacious arthropod group. They have developed key characteristics such as multi-purpose silk types, venoms consisting of hundreds of components, locomotion driven by muscles and hydraulic pressure, a highly evolved key-lock mechanism between the complex genital structures, and many more unique features. After 300 million years of evolutionary refinement, spiders are present in all land habitats and represent one of the most successful groups of terrestrial organisms. Ecophysiology combines functional and evolutionary aspects of morphology, physiology, biochemistry and molecular biology with ecology. Cutting-edge science in spiders focuses on the circulatory and respiratory system, locomotion and dispersal abilities, the immune system, endosymbionts and pathogens, chemical communication, gland secretions, venom components, silk structure, structure and perception of colours as well as nutritional requirements. Spiders are valuable indicator species in agroecosystems and for conservation biology. Modern transfer and application technologies research spiders and their products with respect to their value for biomimetics, material sciences, and the agrochemical and pharmaceutical industries.

Silk-Based Biomaterials for Tissue Engineering, Regenerative and Precision Medicine

Author : Subhas C. Kundu
Publisher : Elsevier
ISBN 13 : 0323960162
Total Pages : 908 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (239 download)

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Download or read book Silk-Based Biomaterials for Tissue Engineering, Regenerative and Precision Medicine written by Subhas C. Kundu and published by Elsevier. This book was released on 2023-12-15 with total page 908 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Silk-based Biomaterials for Tissue Engineering, Regenerative and Precision Medicine, Second Edition is a must-have reference, providing comprehensive coverage of silk-based biomaterials and their importance in translational uses and biomedicine. This new edition considers the progress made in the past eight years, featuring many new chapters, including a discussion of cutting-edge fabrication methods and techniques, new and improved blends/composites, and an expanded range of applications in tissue engineering, regenerative and precision medicine. The book holistically reviews the types, structure and properties, processing methods, and specific biomedical applications for silk-based biomaterials. This will be a vital resource for materials and tissue engineering scientists, R&D departments in industry and academia, and academics interested in biomaterials, regenerative, and precision medicine. Covers all key silk biomaterial types, including mulberry, Bombyx mori and nonmulberry/wild silk protein fibroins, sericins and spider silk, as well as their composite blends and various structures and scaffold platforms Describes the cutting-edge processing techniques for each silk type, from traditional to nonconventional methods, such as using ionic liquids and engineering nanofibers and other biomedical matrices Explores a range of applications in tissue engineering and regenerative and precision medicine, including bioprinting, bioelectronics and medical devices

Bionanotechnology

Author : V. Renugopalakrishnan
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 1402043759
Total Pages : 301 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (2 download)

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Download or read book Bionanotechnology written by V. Renugopalakrishnan and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2006-10-12 with total page 301 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Bionanotechnology is the key integrative technology of the 21st century and aims to use the knowledge, gathered from the natural construction of cellular systems, for the advancement of science and engineering. Investigating the topology and communication processes of cell parts can lead to invention of novel biological devices with exciting applications. Though microscale to nanoscale research offers an excellent space for the development of futuristic technologies, a number of challenges must be overcome. Due to paucity of a dedicated literature on the protein based nanodevices we bring you this monograph that combines collective research works of scientists probing into this fascinating universe of bionanotechnology. The monograph has been written with an aim of surveying engineering design principles of biomolecular nanodevices, prototype nanodevices based on redox proteins, bacteriorhodopsins and natural fibers, and touching upon the future developments in the field.

Popular Science

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Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 100 pages
Book Rating : 4./5 ( download)

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Download or read book Popular Science written by and published by . This book was released on 1991-08 with total page 100 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Popular Science gives our readers the information and tools to improve their technology and their world. The core belief that Popular Science and our readers share: The future is going to be better, and science and technology are the driving forces that will help make it better.

Abracadabra and Alchemy

Author : April Aasheim
Publisher : Independently Published
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 222 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (86 download)

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Download or read book Abracadabra and Alchemy written by April Aasheim and published by Independently Published. This book was released on 2022-01-20 with total page 222 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Decades ago, Sasha Shantay operated a secret school for young witches and magicians. A hand-written invitation by the grand witch herself was required for admittance. But when Sasha learns that The Final Trial had come upon the world, she hastily closes and hides the school, fearing it would become a beacon for The Dark One and his minions. Her students, including her own four daughters, were put under a Forget Spell, removing its very existence from their minds. But now, memories of the forgotten institution were resurfacing in Sasha's daughters, just as their own children begin their school year. As the once small town of Dark Root booms with new families, Merry is determined to let the past lie in the past. But Maggie, Ruth Anne and Eve are determined to uncover the truth. For not only was the school a safe haven for training, but a depository of knowledge. If not found, it would be lost forever. The Final Trial is upon us. The fate of the world hangs in the balance of one small town and its sisterhood of witches. Return to Dark Root. Secrets. Suspense. Sisters. *** This series, like all Dark Root series, can be read alone, or as part of the Dark Root universe. But if you would like to read more, here is a suggested reading order: Main Series: The Daughters of Dark Root: Four sisters try their hands at life, love and magick in this enchanting, small-town paranormal series. -The Witches of Dark Root -The Magick of Dark Root -The Curse of Dark Root: Part One -The Curse of Dark Root: Part Two -The Shadows of Dark Root * Prequel Series: Alchemy of a Witch: As plague ravishes the land, witchcraft is to blame. A medieval, Dark Root ancestry series. -Part One -Part Two -Part Three: -Part Four * Sequel Series: The Children of Dark Root-A new generation of young witches and warlocks are born. -Inherited Magick -Gifted Magick Sequel Series: Miss Sasha's School of Magick: The children of Dark Root undertake their Magick always stories, and the entire town learns more secrets of Dark Root's haunted past-and uncertain future. -Abracadabra and Alchemy -Bloodlines and Bindings (2022)