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Researchers used the light-guiding properties of spider silk to develop a sensor that can detect and measure sugar concentrations based on refractive index. The sensor is made from silk from the giant ...

The composite-intensive, V12-powered Gordon Murray Automotive T.33 Spider. One hundred will be hand-built. Photo Credit, all images: Gordon Murray Automotive Gordon Murray, who has been involved in ...

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(Nanowerk News) Researchers have harnessed the light-guiding properties of spider silk to develop a sensor that can detect and measure small changes in the refractive index of a biological solution, ...