Scientists have cracked a key mystery behind spider silk’s legendary strength and flexibility. They discovered that tiny ...

Spider silk is a tough, elastic and lightweight biomaterial, although there is a lack of tools available for non-invasive processing of silk structures. Here we show that nonlinear multiphoton ...

Spider silk is prized for its strength. But spiders don’t make enough of the tough fibers to harvest for industrial uses. So researchers and biotech firms have turned to bioengineering silk with ...

Understanding how the stretching process strengthens spider silk is a key part of helping design stronger, biodegradable, silk-inspired materials for various applications. When spiders spin their webs ...

TAIPEI, Taiwan — After working with Dow Chemical's low-k dielectric film for nearly a year, United Microelectronics Corp. is preparing to drop Dow's SiLK from its high-performance 130-nanometer ...

The company recently introduced its spider silk in two fabrics by Pure Denim.

New York, June 25, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Reportlinker.com announces the release of the report "Global Silk Market By Type, By Production Process, By Application, By Company, By Region, Forecast & ...

A Mallinson's "Pussy Willow" silk process sample length, in white. Pussy Willow was the long-lived Mallinson trade name for an all silk, "radium like", fine plain weave fabric. This sample of the ...