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 ...

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 ...

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 ...