Nov 30, 2021 (Nanowerk Spotlight) A smart city is an infrastructure framework that addresses the growing urbanization challenges by embracing integrated and automated information and communication technologies to help optimize all city operations, help achieve sustainability goals and better quality of life for its citizens (read our primer on smart...
Researchers analyze surface properties of spider webs
Nov 30, 2021 (Nanowerk News) Researchers from ITMO’s SCAMT Institute and their collaborators from the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (SLU) have analyzed the surface properties of the Linothele fallax spider’s silk and how they affect the properties of the material as a whole. The study (Biomacromolecules, "Modulating Surface Properties...