After decades of trying, scientists may have finally found a way to make body armor out of spider silk. IE 11 is not supported. For an optimal experience visit our site on another browser.

After decades of trying, scientists may have finally found a way to make body armor out of spider silk. Aside from being very cool, this would mean ultra-lightweight, super-strong, flexible body ...

Today, they announced an Army contract to develop this silk, called Dragon Silk, for use in body armor. Spider silk is one of the strongest natural fibers, but it's difficult to produce in large ...

The Army wants that too, enough so that it just awarded a $100,000 contract to a company to see if its genetically engineered spider silk can be used for body armor.

Aug. 20 (UPI) --Kraig Biocraft Laboratories has announced that it has delivered ballistic panels made of spider silk to the U.S. Army for testing as body armor. The panels, constructed out of the ...

Spider silk is already 10 times stronger than Kevlar, but this company may have figured out a way to actually get it on the market. ... The Army's future body armor could be made of 'spider silk' ...

In fact, the unusual mechanical qualities of spider silk makes it extremely versatile. ... Spider silk can be used to build armor and repair nerves By Luke Dormehl Published July 27, 2018 ...

The U.S. Army wants body armor with incredible strength, and a company that specializes in genetically engineered spider silk may fulfill its wish. Michigan-based Kraig Biocraft has been awarded a ...

While naturally-generated and woven spider silk is light and durable — comparable in tensile strength to steel — it doesn’t quite measure up to the new standard set by artificial spider silk.

Spider silk is often touted as a wonder material that’ll soon weave its way into everything from body armor to replacement hearts.But we can only squeeze so much of the stuff out of our eight ...

Spider silk is one of nature’s toughest substances, similar in strength to the Kevlar plastic found in bulletproof vests but much more flexible. Kraig Biocraft, a company out of Ann Arbor ...