Experience the captivating process of silk production, from the humble silkworm to the shimmering silk threads we treasure. In this video, we take you deep into the traditional world of silkworm ...

But scientists may now have done just that, in a paper published in the journal Matter on Thursday, by tweaking the weaker but far more common silkworm silk to have properties even stronger than ...

The next best alternative involves incorporating spider DNA into silkworms, an expensive and difficult-to-scale process. Scientists now show how the silk naturally produced by silkworms can be ...

Enter researchers from the University of Oxford and the Medical University of Vienna, who’ve created a novel nerve guide by combining two different kinds of natural silk taken from silkworms ...

Scientists in China have synthesized spider silk from genetically modified silkworms, producing fibers six times tougher than the Kevlar used in bulletproof vests. The study, published September ...

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.

Spider silk is prized for its unrivaled strength and toughness. But figuring out a way to mass-produce it is no easy feat. Spiders cannot be put to work to pump out the fibers the way silkworms ...

Scientists have developed a novel treatment method for silkworm silk that alters its make up to boost its performance, with the finished product offering 70% greater strength than indomitable ...

While silkworms also spin silk, their silk is less mechanically impressive, but much easier to harvest. Using genetic modification, scientists at China's Donghua University have figured out how to ...

It’s also good for allergies, especially those of the dust mite variety. The silk in silkworm cocoons naturally protects the worm from their natural predators, one of which is indeed the dust mite.