Those precious silk garments in your closet were made by the caterpillars of a fuzzy moth. Those precious silk garments in your closet were made by the caterpillars of a fuzzy white moth – thousands ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...