Sukanya Charuchandra

Researchers have assembled an imaging platform to digitally section, scan, and capture the full architecture of webs spun by the spider Cyrtophora citricola. Using 2-D images that record cross-sectional details of the web at the micron level and algorithms, the team reconstructed its 3-D structure. The resulting model could help with studies examining the biomedical and biomimetic applications of 3-D spider webs, according to the study published today (September 19) in the Journal of the Royal Society Interface.