Researchers in Thailand have developed a prototype high-performance bicycle tire that replaces conventional nylon fabric ...

Painstakingly woven from the cocoons of silkworms, silk has been valued for more than 4,000 years as a luxury material. More ...

When choosing a fabric to make a homemade face mask to protect against the novel coronavirus, silk is better than cotton, namely when used in conjunction with a respirator, according to a new study ...

Mayfairsilk has released a guide covering the differences between products marketed as “mulberry silk” and products labelled ...

Discover the best pajama fabrics for every season. Compare silk, cotton, and bamboo pajamas to find the most comfortable ...

“Silk: A World History” describes the unique qualities of silk that make it a sustainable material with a wide variety of applications. The following is an excerpt from Silk: A World History by ...

While silk is best known as a component in clothes and fabric, the material has plentiful uses, spanning biomedicine to environmental science. In Applied Physics Reviews, researchers from Tufts ...

Tougher than steel, lighter than cotton, and stubbornly elusive to produce. For decades, spider silk has been the material science has long promised but never quite delivered at scale. Now, a Michigan ...

“They can’t fly,” says the manager of the Brochier Soieries silk shop in the old quarter of Lyons, France. “Their bodies are too fat. Or their wings are too big. Or something. Anyway, they’d never get ...

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