A textile worker demonstrates the weaving process at a vocational training center in Bursa, Trkiye, on April 17, 2025.

Have you ever paused in awe at a glistening spider web stretched between branches after a morning rain? There’s something ...

Not only is the Darwin’s bark spider’s web gigantic, but it’s also incredibly durable. The spider’s silk is the strongest ...

BURSA, April 21 (Xinhua) -- In a silk production facility in Türkiye's northwestern Bursa province, Remzi Guler, a local master artisan of silk weaving, observes attentively as silkworm cocoons are ...

People have been weaving silk into fabric for at least 5,000 years. The delicate material, made from the threads silkworms excrete to create their cocoons, has been used for everything from the ...

The spigots and spinnerets were both present and arranged to make the silk thread and weave it. So scientists think that simple, funnel webs were likely being built, probably to capture ...

Long before borders were built and empires fell, before railways cut across forests and textiles became brands, there were ...

Filaments are joined to create a thread thick enough to weave into fabric. One yard of silk fabric costs approximately $100. What makes it worth the cost? We spoke to a few experts on the subject ...

Saris are made by weaving silk on handlooms and adding intricate motifs made with real gold and silver zari threads. However, cheaper, machine-made saris being sold as authentic Banarasi saris ...