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Spider silk: Mother Nature's bio-superlens

Researchers at Bangor University have achieved a world first by using dragline silk from the golden web spider as an additional superlens to provide up to 2-3 times magnification. This innovation enables viewing of previously invisible structures, including nano-structures and biological micro-structures.

SourceBangor University·JournalNano Letters·DateAug 19, 2016