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Silkworms have been genetically engineered with CRISPR to produce pure spider silk for the first time. The worms could offer a scalable way to create things like surgical thread or bulletproof vests ...

Spider silk—six times tougher than Kevlar and stronger than steel—has now been produced by an unexpected source. Spider silk is a biological protein fiber spun by spiders. Many of these fibers have ...

CHEYENNE, Wyo. — Watch out, Spider-Man: Your webbing is about to be used for more than fighting crime. University of Wyoming professor Don Jarvis, along with collaborators in Indiana, Utah and ...

Stephen has degrees in science (Physics major) and arts (English Literature and the History and Philosophy of Science), as well as a Graduate Diploma in Science Communication. Stephen has degrees in ...

(Nanowerk News) Silk fibers produced by Bombyx mori, the domestic silkworm, have been prized for millennia as a strong yet lightweight and luxurious material. Although synthetic polymers like nylon ...

The lowly silkworm has spurred exploration here on Earth for centuries. First in the development of the silk roads between China and Europe and then closer to home in colonial Georgia where English ...

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 ...