In a quiet lab in Bayreuth, Germany, a team of researchers has achieved what has long eluded geneticists: modifying the ...

In a major development, the CRISPR-Cas9 gene-editing tool has been successfully used in spiders for the first time, resulting in the production of red fluorescent silk. Spider silk is an amazing ...

Scientists created the world's first gene-edited spider, which spins webs that glow red under the right lighting conditions.

The U.S. military is interested in ‘super spiders’ capable of producing silk with extraordinary features. Don’t worry—it ...

Lab-grown spider silk currently costs more than comparable silkworm silk, but Bolt Threads expects the cost to decline as it scales up production. Welcome to the world of biomaterials, where ...

His company, Bolt Threads, has engineered a sustainable and versatile material from synthetic spider silk that may one day be used to make iPad covers, car seats, and even name-brand clothing.

Not at all scratchy. “They call it the American merino,” says Dan Widmaier, the founder of Bolt Threads, a biotech company that grows synthetic spider silk from yeast. Earlier this year ...

After drying the threads, the researchers were left with silk that didn’t just match spider dragline silk in tensile strength. It went beyond. In testing, they found that the silk they’d just ...

Spider silk is one of the most versatile materials on Earth. Actually a protein created by special organs known as spinnerets, spider silk can be used for transportation, shelter, courtship ...

A single silk thread comes out of each. Jan explains, 'Although it looks a bit like an icing nozzle, the silk is pulled out by gravity or the spider's hind leg. The silk is liquid when it's inside the ...

“In our study, it turned out that peripheral nerves function well when such threads are made of silk, with spider silk apparently being preferred for the guide rails,” said Lorenz ...

The way Spider Man swings around on threads and catches crooks in webs is based on how tough real spider silk is. According to scientists, it’s one of the strongest materials known. Considering ...