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Spiders inspired biologists to create artificial webs to capture airborne DNA for biodiversity monitoring

Spiders inspired biologists to create artificial webs to capture airborne DNA for biodiversity monitoring

Natural spiderwebs are good at capturing DNA from the environment, but artificial webs are cheap and provide better control – without harm to spiders.

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Angela Mcgaughran