Spiders get a grip
Microscopy experiments reveal the importance of van der Waals forces for our eight-legged friends
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Isabelle Dumé is a contributing editor to Physics World. She has more than 10 years of experience in science writing and editing in condensed-matter physics relating to technology/nanotechnology/biotechnology, astronomy and astrophysics, energy and the environment, biology and medicine. She has an MSc in advanced materials and a PhD in magnetism. In her spare time, she helps to organize cafés scientifiques.
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