The remarkable silk used by net-casting spiders to snare prey is both highly elastic and exceptionally strong, offering clues ...

If you’ve read any climate-related news in the past several years, you’re probably familiar with the scourge of microplastics. These tiny bits of plastic end up clogging oceans. They show up at ...

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 ...

WASHINGTON, January 4, 2022 -- While silk is best known as a component in clothes and fabric, the material has plentiful uses, spanning biomedicine to environmental science. In Applied Physics Reviews ...

So we know that silk can be used in things like our clothing, but did you know it could be used in medicine? Let’s learn more. Whitney, tell us a little bit more about who you are and what you do,“ ...