Researchers have been trying to find new ways to produce and replicate the various useful features observed in nature. Fine ...

The artificial silk threads, while still soft and gummy are ... is then added to the partially decomposed pulp and the fibrous nature of the material disappears, altogether leaving a gummy mass ...

focusing particularly on dragline silk, which is a particularly strong variety used for the radial lines in webs and also when spiders suspend themselves by a thread. This variety, known for its ...

Now, Lewis and other scientists say that silk is so strong, it could be used in advances in artificial ligaments, surgical sutures, and hernia meshes. While other spider threads rely on one ...

Phan Thi Thuan's family have been making silk for generations, growing and harvesting the threads from silkworms themselves to create luxury garments. But making lotus silk is different.

At the time, raw silk became the country's largest export, as the silk industries in France and Italy had been hit by an epidemic of silkworm disease. At one point, Japan was the world's biggest ...