For the first time, scientists have successfully produced full-length spider silk fibers using genetically modified silkworms. With high strength and toughness, this silk has the potential to provide ...

Here’s what you’ll learn when you read this story: Researchers who studied silkworms, the larvae of the moth Bombyx mori, have found that higher levels of an enzyme known as NAD+ give them longer ...

When the silk is reeled away, the pupae that remains is written off as waste. But it is, in fact, a versatile source of ...

Honestly, it seems like silk pajamas are on a downswing in popularity. Which is a damn shame. But the Mediated Matter Research Group (part of the MIT Media Lab) recently put thousands of silkworms to ...

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Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. Spider silk—six times tougher than Kevlar and stronger than steel—has now been produced by an unexpected source. Spider ...

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A dome has been created by teaming up a 3D-printing head on a robotic arm — and a swarm of 6500 silkworms. Michelle Starr is CNET's science editor, and she hopes to get you as enthralled with ...

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Did you know that silk fabric is made from ... well, worm spit? The way that silkworms wind their cocoons from fibers in their slimy saliva is now helping scientists more easily make new biomedical ...

Here’s what you’ll learn when you read this story: Silkworms have been hiding the next closest thing to magic. By comparing different silkworm strains, a team of researchers from Southwest University ...