Silk has been cultivated for centuries by domesticated silkworms, but it has been difficult to commercially produce spider silk in bulk due to their cannibalistic tendencies. However, spider silk ...

As far as honey having anti-microbial properties, not a surprise considering it pretty much keeps forever without any microbes growing in it. Worst case is it crystallizes, which can be fixed by ...

Pristine silk fiber integrated into a photonic chip. The fiber connects three light-holding disks. When light is injected into one of the disks, it propagates along the silk to the other two. (Image ...

Researchers in China have harnessed the incredible strength of spider silk by genetically modifying silkworms. The result? A remarkable silk fiber that is not only eco-friendly but also boasts a ...

Take a walk through a forest, and you’re bound to come upon a spider web stretching from one tree branch to the next. The intricacy of the web can leave a person in awe, but what is even more ...

(Nanowerk News) Researchers from ITMO’s SCAMT Institute and their collaborators from the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (SLU) have analyzed the surface properties of the Linothele fallax ...

University researcher and Professor of Engineering Huajian Gao and Xi-Qiao Feng, a researcher from Tsinghua University, led a study that found that the mechanical properties of spider silk change ...

(Nanowerk News) Using spiders to produce spider silk on an industrial scale is impossible, but it is possible to use bacteria for production of shorter versions of spider silk proteins that can be ...

A lot of Folk Remedies sometimes end up working through indirect effects. Honey for example - while honey itself is not "Antibacterial" - Most Bacteria also cannot grow on honey. This makes honey a ...