Kraig’s approach to Spider Silk leverages sericulture the centuries-old practice of silkworm cultivation as an existing production framework. By combining that infrastructure with modern genetic ...

Researchers discuss the properties of silk and recent and future applications of the material. It has been used in drug delivery and is ideal for wearable and implantable health monitoring sensors.

After a year of normalized face masks, scientists and medical experts across the country are studying which types of fabric are most effective at protecting us against the coronavirus. Notably, ...

Germany’s AMSilk – one of the world’s leading makers of bio-engineered silk – has inked a deal with Airbus to create a new spider silk-based material that could be used to build a lightweight, ...

Engineers have created an environmentally friendly leather alternative made from silk. The material can be printed into different patterns and textures, has similar physical properties to real leather ...