I said, ‘Why don’t we start another interesting challenge: making the Spidey adhesive,’ and here we are.” Lo Presti is both a fan of Spider-Man and a research assistant professor at the Tufts ...

Traditionally, Spider-Man stores extra cartridges (which are highly pressurized at 300 p.s.i.) on the belt under his suit, as well as on the web-shooters proper. The webs themselves can shoot up ...