Two letters on bias in academia.

When compared weight-for-weight, spider silk has a higher tensile strength than steel yet is almost as elastic as rubber.

Research from the University of Liverpool has highlighted weaknesses in the structural design of hot water bottles. Hot water ...

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Today, we are going to be talking about a recent project we delivered for a horizontal slurry pump to be installed in a UK ...

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When they weave their webs, spiders pull their silk threads. New simulations show stretching during spinning causes the protein chains within the fibers to align and the number of hydrogen bonds ...

In quality control and R&D, universal testing machines provide critical insights into material properties, ensuring ...

Spiders don’t just spin webs—they engineer them. By stretching their silk as they spin, spiders strengthen the fibers at the ...