Sci-fi movies feature technology that seems far beyond our current capabilities, but that isn't always true. This new ...

True synthetic silk has been made by chemists, it is claimed, the product of the cocoon ei s ltel licte i every respect, chemical and physical, but this achievement, successful as it was as a ...

They make silk by hand in a tedious, 30-step process. Craftspeople feed the silkworms every four hours so they spin brilliantly yellow cocoons. And turning those cocoons into silk is even more ...

A Monsieur Rollin lately exhibited before the French Academy, a silkworm's cocoon of a rose color; remarkable because the color was produced by feeding the worms upon mulberry leaves sprinkled ...

The silk adhesive was created from moth cocoons which are boiled in solution and broken down into proteins called fibroin. The silk fibroin solution can be extruded through needles to form a ...

Mysuru: The time is ripe for establishing a full-fledged silk cocoon auction market in Mysuru district. In response to the ...