The story of silk is full of the extraordinary. First Paraguay and Suriname have caterpillars larger than any in Europe, ...

Chinese researchers have allegedly found a ... similar to how ancient weavers positioned silk threads to depict dragons or clouds. Lab tests showed remarkable mechanical advantages.

Archaeologists in China have discovered a unique burial of a woman whose teeth had been painted with cinnabar, with a toxic ...

Whereas in the past the silk threads were used artistically to create ... s arsenal faces an engineering problem which an ancient Chinese silk-weaving tactic may solve. The Lockheed Martin F ...

In ancient China, the birthplace of silk ... He can tell how old a silk thread is by looking at the ratio of D to L amino acids. At year zero, all will have the L structure; given enough time ...

VENICE — As the annual Venice Carnival peaked in early March, a cultural performance highlighting traditional Chinese attire ...

The silk thread was then cleaned ... companies now buy most of their undyed raw silk (both fabric and yarn) from China.

In this nostalgic and celebratory tribute to the cultural grandeur of the Silk Road, these musical threads ripple through both the initiated and uninitiated in Chinese traditional art and culture ...

Waves of Fortune: China's Maritime Silk Road is available to stream on pbs.org and the free PBS App, available on iPhone, Apple TV, Android TV, Android smartphones, Amazon Fire TV, Amazon Fire ...