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Soft matter and liquids

Soft matter and liquids

Spider webs strengthened by local sacrifices

03 Feb 2012 James Dacey
A Nephila clavipes spider in its web
The incredible robustness of spider webs, which lets them survive even the fiercest of storms, is do

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