Juvenile forms of tiny spiders such as A. simoni tip the scales at less than 5 micrograms, but have the web - weaving smarts of much larger arachnids, says William Eberhard of the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute in Panama and the University of Costa Rica. (newscientist.com)
Based on the pioneering work of Dr. Claire Lugassy and Dr. Raymond Barnhill at UCLA's Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center, a new study provides additional support for a process by which melanoma cells, a deadly form of skin cancer, can spread throughout the body by creeping like tiny spiders along the outside of blood vessels without ever entering the blood stream, and that this process is exacerbated by exposure to ultraviolet (UV) light. (sciencedaily.com)
When Dutch naturalist Antonie van Leeuwenhoek peered at items from his household through the microscope lens he invented, he found tiny spider - like animals — mites — living everywhere. (discovermagazine.com)