Editing Spider silk (section)

=== Science and technology ===
Spider silk has been used as a thread for [[crosshair]]s in optical instruments such as telescopes, microscopes,<ref>Berenbaum, May R., ''Field Notes – Spin Control'', The Sciences, The New York Academy of Sciences, September/October 1995</ref> and [[Telescopic sight|telescopic rifle sights]].<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=WyYDAAAAMBAJ&q=%22telescopic+sight%22+spider+silk&pg=RA1-PA216 |title=Example of use of spider silk for telescopic rifle sights |year=1955|access-date=24 August 2011|publisher=Bonnier Corporation }}</ref> In 2011, silk fibres were used to generate fine diffraction patterns over [[N-slit interferometer|N-slit interferometric signals]] used in optical communications.<ref>{{cite journal |bibcode=2011JOpt...13c5710D |title=N-slit interferometer for secure free-space optical communications: 527&nbsp;m intra interferometric path length |author=Duarte F. J. |last5=Varmette |volume=13 |date=2011 |pages=5710 |journal=Journal of Optics |doi=10.1088/2040-8978/13/3/035710 |first2=T S |first3=A M |first4=W E |first5=P G |issue=3 |last2=Taylor |last3=Black |last4=Davenport |s2cid=6086533 |author-link1=F. J. Duarte }}</ref> Silk has been used to create biolenses that could be used in conjunction with lasers to create high-resolution images of the inside of the human body.<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.sciencefocus.com/news/spider-silk-used-to-create-lenses-for-imaging-human-tissue/ |title=Spider silk used to create lenses for imaging human tissue |work=BBC Science Focus |first=Jason |last=Goodyer |date=July 5, 2020}}</ref>

Silk has been used to suspend [[inertial confinement fusion]] targets during laser ignition, as it remains considerably elastic and has a high energy to break at temperatures as low as 10–20&nbsp;K. In addition, it is made from "light" atomic number elements that emit no [[x-ray]]s during irradiation that could preheat the target, limiting the pressure differential required for fusion.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.lle.rochester.edu/media/publications/documents/theses/Bonino.pdf |title=Material Properties of Spider Silk |first=Mark J. |last=Bonino}}</ref>