The harvest for Uzbekistan’s perhaps most famous export, silkworm cocoons, has begun in earnest and with the usual concern for rights violations that the ancient industry brings with it. Silkworm ...

STORY: These silk lamp shades are made from silkworm cocoons, using a process that ensures the silkworms are not harmed These women meticulously remove the silkworms from their cocoons using their ...

Inspired by nature The humble and somewhat delicate looking silkworm cocoon is inspiring researchers to develop future materials to make car panels, helmets and protective suits for mine sweepers. A ...

Hannes Schniepp and Sean Koebley talk about silk as being either alive or dead. They aren’t talking about the silk of scarves and dresses. The finest garment-quality silks are made gently, by boiling ...

Dr. Ben Allardyce and Ph.D. candidate Mr. Martin Zaki from Deakin's Institute for Frontier Materials (IFM) have delivered a world first in next-generation materials research. Silkworm silk is a ...

A scene of a Joseon Dynasty queen directly raising silkworms on mulberry leaves will be reenacted in Seocho-gu. Also, city children will feed wriggling silkworms with mulberry leaves and marvel at the ...

A collaborative research team develops an absorbent multifunctional nanofiber adhesive hemostat based on a protein biomaterial. In recent news, there has been a case where a patient experienced pain ...

In the Silk Sanctuary of San Pedro Cajones in Oaxaca, Zapotec artisans work in partnership with silk worms to create ...

It is a deep and irrational fear that is best explained as, "They just have too many legs, and what if their legs touch my skin?" RELATED: I Tried The Fish Spa Treatment That's Banned In 15 States See ...

In recent news, there has been a case where a patient experienced pain due to a surgical procedure involving sutures, resulting in the unintended presence of gauze within the patient's body. Gauze is ...