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flag Binghamton University researchers find spider silk responds to air particle velocities for sensitive, long-distance sound detection.

flag Researchers at Binghamton University have discovered that spider silk responds to changes in the velocities of air particles, enabling spiders to detect sound for highly sensitive, long-distance noise detection. flag Unlike human eardrums and traditional microphones, which detect sound pressure waves, spider silk moves at the velocity of particles in a sound field. flag This sound velocity detection method holds great potential for high-sensitivity, long-distance sound detection and could inspire new designs for microphones.

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