Spider-Man has had web-shooters since his creation in 1962, allowing him to spin webs for various uses. Andrew Garfield and Tom Holland's versions of Spider-Man incorporate web-shooters into their ...

In the summer of 2018, Marco Lo Presti worked on making a strong underwater adhesive using silk fibroin, which can be ...

Why it matters: Scientists from Tufts University are one step closer to replicating the silk secreted by spiders, and the "accidental breakthrough" could eventually lead to sci-fi style web-slinging ...

Credit: Marco Lo Presti/Tufts University/Cover Images Scientists have engineered a new material that mimics Spider-Man's iconic sticky web fluid While working on a separate project focused on strong ...

Researchers say they’ve created real-life web-slinging technology like something straight out of “Spider-Man.” Their prototype won’t have you swinging from buildings anytime soon, but it does nail the ...