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In the shade of an almond tree, Zubayda Pardayeva began the age-old and barely profitable process of turning cocoons into silk that Uzbekistan wants...
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Combining experimental observations of spider webs with complex computer simulations has revealed new patterns of interest.
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Amyloid silk hybrid proteins and produced them in engineered bacteria turn out to be super strong.
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Trials on the new material, conducted at Aalto University, show how the material can outperform most synthetic and natural materials, in terms of strength...
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Bangladesh’s silk industry is one of the oldest in the world, with farmers in the northwestern border district of Rajshahi producing some of the...
Tech & Science
The spider being studied is the American brown recluse spider (Loxosceles reclusa). This spider produces necrotic venom, and the bite, like various other recluse...
Tech & Science
The effect of using graphene, as well as carbon nanotubes, has been tested out in studies to show the tensile strength of the produced...
Tech & Science
The European and Singapore based researchers are excited about a new finding relating to spider silk and are discussing how the finding could lead...
Tech & Science
The Silk bulb has been created by Utah-based Saffron and is currently seeking $100,000 of crowdfunding on Kickstarter. With 43 days to go, the...
Tech & Science
Ink-jet and 3D printing (rapid prototyping or additive manufacturing) have been used to create a multitude of useful objects. One area that has proved...