This successful lab-to-field transition marks a critical milestone in the Company's strategy to rapidly deploy advanced spider silk genetics into its operational model. All three new strains ...

Kraig Biocraft Laboratories, Inc. (OTCQB: KBLB) ("Company" or "Kraig Labs"), a world leader in spider silk technology*, announces that it is finalizing a significant three-year collaborative agreement ...

The spider then adds more threads to construct a frame that supports all that comes later. Placing the spokes: After securing the frame, the spider spins radial threads from the center.

When spiders spin their webs, they use their hind legs to pull silk threads from their spinnerets. This pulling action doesn’t just help the spider release the silk, it’s also a crucial step in ...

Stretching spider silk aligns its proteins and strengthens fibers, a new study suggests. This could improve engineered silk for biodegradable sutures, body armor and high-performance materials, and ...

When they weave their webs, spiders pull their silk threads. New simulations show stretching during spinning causes the protein chains within the fibers to align and the number of hydrogen bonds ...

These massive spiders have been making headlines over the past months as they expand their presence in the United States. Now, they've been spotted in East Tennessee. Joro spiders, also ...

Considering how tiny the threads are, spider silk is as strong as steel yet almost as stretchy as a rubber band, that’s a crazy combination.

“Silk: A World History” describes the unique qualities of silk that make it a sustainable material with a wide variety of applications.