If you’ve read any climate-related news in the past several years, you’re probably familiar with the scourge of microplastics. These tiny bits of plastic end up clogging oceans. They show up at ...

A team of researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology may have found a potential and inexpensive solution for some sources of microplastics. Using a system based on silk, the ...

Silkworm thread has been turned into superstrong material that surpasses the strength of natural spider silks, according to research. Scientists have made it 70 percent stronger than a spider's silk ...

Greg Altman has grown his company, Evolved By Nature, by observing silk cocoons very, very closely. He and cofounder Rebecca Lacouture created Evolved By Nature in 2013 with the initial aim of using ...