For the first time, scientists have successfully produced full-length spider silk fibers using genetically modified silkworms. With high strength and toughness, this silk has the potential to provide ...

IIT Bombay’s Jeevodaya project creates silk without killing silkworms, offering a cruelty-free, sustainable alternative ...

Loopworm owns and operates its primary production facility in Bangalore, with a current capacity of 6,000 tons annually.

IIT Bombay has developed a cruelty-free silk production method, 'Jeevodaya', which allows silkworms to complete their natural life cycle.

Mussels and silkworms may soon be indirectly responsible for saving people's lives. Scientists have used proteins from both animals to develop an internal wound dressing that stops bleeding and ...

New Delhi: IIT Bombay's Centre for Technology Alternatives for Rural Areas has developed a silk production method that spares ...

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 ...

Eleanor has an undergraduate degree in zoology from the University of Reading and a master’s in wildlife documentary production from the University of Salford. Eleanor has an undergraduate degree in ...

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 ...

A dome has been created by teaming up a 3D-printing head on a robotic arm — and a swarm of 6500 silkworms. Michelle Starr is CNET's science editor, and she hopes to get you as enthralled with ...

"Romance of Silk" (1955) explores the rich history and intricate process of silk production in Japan. It highlights the dedication of farmers who cultivate mulberry trees to feed silk worms, ...