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Chinese scientists have developed a method to manually spin silk from silkworms that can make it 70 percent tougher compared to the silk spun by spiders, according to South China Morning Post. This ...

Scientists have synthesized spider silk from genetically modified silkworms, producing fibers six times tougher than the Kevlar used in bulletproof vests. The study is the first to successfully ...

Spiders hold the market for the strongest silks but are too aggressive and territorial to be farmed. The next best alternative involves incorporating spider DNA into silkworms, an expensive and ...

Silkworm thread has been turned into superstrong material that surpasses the strength of natural spider silks, according to research. Scientists have made it 70 percent stronger than a spider's silk ...

CHEYENNE, Wyo. — Watch out, Spider-Man: Your webbing is about to be used for more than fighting crime. University of Wyoming professor Don Jarvis, along with collaborators in Indiana, Utah and ...

Spider silk—six times tougher than Kevlar and stronger than steel—has now been produced by an unexpected source. Spider silk is a biological protein fiber spun by spiders. Many of these fibers have ...

Silk is smooth, strong, and biocompatible, making it a prized material for many applications. Scientists have tried all kinds of tricks to improve silk or imbue it with new properties: They have fed ...

The effect of using graphene, as well as carbon nanotubes, has been tested out in studies to show the tensile strength of the produced silk. The silkworm is the larva or caterpillar of the ...

As one of the strongest materials known to science, spider silk regularly finds itself at the center of exciting engineering breakthroughs, and a new study involving a quick chemical bath could take ...

Silk—the stuff of lustrous, glamorous clothing—is very strong. Researchers now report a clever way to make the gossamer threads even stronger and tougher: by feeding silkworms graphene or ...

This otherworldly piece of art resulted from an investigation into the weaving habits of the silkworm. It was a true inter-species collaboration: Human scientists provided the shape, and thousands of ...