Nallihan needle lace features botanical designs, including fruits, leaves, and flowers, along with figural elements such as ...

When a US research lab accidentally created a sticky, web-like substance, it turned to Peter Parker and comic-book lore for inspiration on what to do next.

Thanks to Tufts researchers, there’s now a solution that shoots, solidifies and even picks up objects. Alas, you can’t use it to swing between buildings.

This resulted in a higher yield of the desired silk material. The researchers used a 3D printer equipped with an array of ...

ANKARA, Feb. 13 (Xinhua) -- For years, craftsmen in Nallihan, a remote district of Türkiye's capital Ankara, have crafted intricate silk needle lace, a tradition that continues to thrive today.

In the summer of 2018, Marco Lo Presti worked on making a strong underwater adhesive using silk fibroin, which can be isolated from silk moth cocoons. While cleaning his glassware with acetone in ...