Now, a team of scientists from Japan and Hong Kong are closer to replicating artificial spider silk using microfluidics. Based on how spiders spin their silk, the researchers designed a ...

Forget rice paper, we're all about silk now, and these "super-sized, light-softening, and sculptural" fittings tick all the ...

Managing Director of the Holding Company for Cotton, Spinning, and Weaving, Ahmed Shaker He explained that the factories of Misr Company for Artificial Silk and Polyester Fibers have been reactivated ...

In addition to being smooth and soft on the skin, silk is temperature-regulating and hypoallergenic, making it an excellent material to sleep in. And while it isn’t exactly known for being cheap ...

China National Silk Museum and the Sichuan Research Institute of Cultural Relics and Archaeology have confirmed the use of silk in sacrificial rituals by a Bronze Age civilization in the Yangtze ...