Spiders hold the market for the strongest silks but are too aggressive and territorial to be farmed. The next best alternative involves incorporating spider DNA into silkworms, an expensive and ...

BENGALURU: Karnataka, India’s largest silk producer, will have another feather in its cap. The country’s first silk museum ...

Silk is one of the oldest and most valuable fabrics in the world. The smooth, durable fabric is made by harvesting the natural filament from the cocoons of silkworms, then dyeing, spinning, and ...

Mass-produced silk is made from domesticated silkworms, Bombyx mori, that are raised on farms. These silkworms–the caterpillar stage of the silk moth–are fed mulberry leaves until they are ready to ...

"Romance of Silk" (1955) explores the rich history and intricate process of silk production in Japan. It highlights the dedication of farmers who cultivate mulberry trees to feed silk worms, ...

Dissolving silkworm silk and remaking it in a solution of sugar and zinc and iron metal ions has made it stronger than most spider silk, one of the toughest and strongest materials in nature. There ...

A remarkable number of companies have managed to spin off from silkworms, and for good reason. Turns out that silk has several qualities that make it remarkably suitable for spinal nerves to grow on, ...

Spun by spiders and silkworms, silk has mystified human engineers who have yet to figure out how to artificially recreate it. But by combining silk with synthetic compounds, researchers are getting ...

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