Unfortunately, you land in literal hot water. Your worm brain can’t really process this, but you’ve just crashed into the ...

In a materials science discovery, scientists made a liquid silk solution that hardens and picks up objects—not unlike ...

Kraig Biocraft Laboratories has developed transgenic silkworms to produce spider silk in commercial quantities.

For centuries, Thailand has produced premium silk fabrics. Now, researchers in Bangkok have found another use for the fiber: ...

Bangkok-based university startup EngineLife has found an innovative way to deliver drugs to patients, using silk fibroin from ...

World's First Commercially Viable Silkworms for Recombinant Spider Silk Production Larger BAM-1 Cocoons pictured on right ...

The development of transgenic silkworms resistant to Bombyx mori nuclear polyhedrosis ... Experts believe the risk of allergenicity from transgenic silk is negligible. Indian sericulture faces ...

Of the many things I learned about silk, some highlights include: Bombyx mori, the silkworm, was likely domesticated in China after arriving from Merv, the great city of present-day Turkmenistan ...

This was because of the material: mulberry silk, which derives its name from the silkworm’s diet of mulberry-tree leaves. It’s also grade-A silk, meaning it has long strands that are naturally ...

The successful production surge was driven by Kraig Labs' newest hybrid spider silk production strain, which transformed traditional silkworms into producers of spider silk-based fibers. This record ...

In Thailand, most silk is produced by small, family-run farms in rural areas, from silkworms that are reared year-round. But changes in seasons, climate, and feed can create tiny variations in the ...