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Fifty one years Old Emilly Bunoro showing Mulburry leaves used for feeding worms at Shiseno Village, Ikolomani Constituency on June 24, 2015. The worms provide raw materials used for making silk ...

Researchers have successfully produced the first full-length spider silk by genetically modifying silkworms using CRISPR, a significant advancement for the sustainable production of lightweight ...

Honestly, it seems like silk pajamas are on a downswing in popularity. Which is a damn shame. But the Mediated Matter Research Group (part of the MIT Media Lab) recently put thousands of silkworms to ...

INDIO HATUEY, Cuba, May 22 (Reuters) - Cuban biochemist Dayron Martin, dressed in a white lab coat and jeans, looks over a table swarming with silkworms with the admiration of a proud father. Hundreds ...

Did you know that silk fabric is made from ... well, worm spit? The way that silkworms wind their cocoons from fibers in their slimy saliva is now helping scientists more easily make new biomedical ...

Along with its use in clothing, silk also shows promise for use in products ranging from surgical sutures to seed coverings. Scientists have recently devised a method of making the material stronger, ...

IIT Bombay has developed a cruelty-free silk production method, 'Jeevodaya', which allows silkworms to complete their natural life cycle.