USU lab snags grant to develop spider silk

SALT LAKE CITY — Utah scientists are working on technology that could someday help the U.S. military disable enemy watercraft at sea.Researchers at Utah State University in Logan received a grant of $420,000 from the U.S. Navy Division of Unconventional Warfare aimed at designing and developing synthetic spider silk material that could be used to fight enemy targets during military combat.
James Wooldridge, Deseret News
A poster at Utah State University's Synthetic Spider Silk Lab in Logan