Silk threads can be fused into transparent, plastic-like materials that twist terahertz frequencies of light, according to ...

The caterpillars that spin commercial silk can make much tougher or more elastic threads, depending on how fast they’re forced to spin. If this research finding is translated into a marketable process ...

Imagine a sweater that powers electronics to monitor your health or charge your mobile phone while running. This development faces challenges because of the lack of materials that both conduct ...

Dan Widmaier is not really a fashion guy — "by any stretch of the imagination," he clarifies — but that hasn't stopped the chemist from taking on the apparel industry. His company, Bolt Threads, has ...

Two leading material innovation firms are attempting to hack the process of producing silk using advanced technology and bio-engineering. On Thursday, Kraig Biocraft Laboratories, Inc., which develops ...

In 1789 President George Washington wrote in his journal after visiting Connecticut that the silk thread manufactured here was very fine. By1836 at least three out of every four households in ...

It has five times the tensile strength of steel and is stronger than even the best currently available synthetic fibers: Spider thread. Scientists have now succeeded in unveiling a further secret of ...

is a freelance science journalist, podcast host, comics artist, and TV host. There’s a spider in Britain that’s a tad unusual. Instead of spinning “thick” silk threads (in this case, thick means ...