Pitt researchers find that nanotube interactions with silk fibroins hold the key to developing flexible, degradable electronics The silk fibers produced by Bombyx mori, the domestic silkworm... Read more
A major step towards the large-scale production of silks with tailor-made properties Oxford University researchers have harnessed the natural defence mechanism of silkworms, which causes par... Read more
Silk is biocompatible, biodegradable, and extremely hardy Spiders use their silk to catch lunch. Now physicists are using it to catch light. New research shows that natural silk could be an... Read more
Killer Silk A simple, inexpensive dip-and-dry treatment can convert ordinary silk into a fabric that kills disease-causing bacteria — even the armor-coated spores of microbes like anth... Read more
Spider silk does so 800 times better than any other organic material ever tested Over the years, we’ve seen Spiderman use his webbing to catch villains, swing between buildings,... Read more
Max Planck scientists have used silk from the tasar silkworm as a scaffold for heart tissue. Damaged human heart muscle cannot be regenerated. Scar tissue grows in place of the damaged muscl... Read more
The microneedles painlessly pierce the top layer of skin Microneedles continue to show promise as a replacement – in at least some applications – for the hypodermic needle. Typic... Read more
A new spin on silk: Silkworms in Singapore are weaving cocoons in brilliant colors. A team at the country’s Institute of Materials Research and Engineering, part of the government’s lead age... Read more
As some silk researchers see it, if spiders were gregarious vegetarians, the world might be a different place. For spiders are nature’s master silk makers, and over millions of years of evol... Read more
Image via Wikipedia FROM ITS ORIGINS IN THE FAR EAST THOUSANDS OF YEARS AGO, SILK HAS NOW INFILTRATED THE REALM OF SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH, OFFERING BREAKTHROUGH APPLICATIONS THAT COULD CHANGE T... Read more