There’s a spider in Britain that’s a tad unusual. Instead of spinning “thick” silk threads (in this case, thick means several micrometers), the garden center spider can spin tiny nano-scale threads ...

It has five times the tensile strength of steel and is stronger than even the best currently available synthetic fibers: Spider thread. Scientists have now succeeded in unveiling a further secret of ...

For many, the history of the silk industry conjures images of ancient China, medieval Italy or exotic India and the trade that opened continents politically and economically. However, silk is not ...

How can a tiny spider body contain material for several decimeters of gossamer silk, and what governs the conversion to thread? Researchers in Sweden can now explain this process. How can a tiny ...

The caterpillars that spin commercial silk can make much tougher or more elastic threads, depending on how fast they’re forced to spin. If this research finding is translated into a marketable process ...

First things first, if you want to craft Silk Thread in LEGO Fortnite, you will need a Spinning Wheel and some Silk. Silk, when put into the Spinning Wheel, is refined into Silk Thread. To craft a ...

From mountain chants echoing across valleys to silk threads travelling from rural workshops to global fashion houses, a ...

Turns out graphene, the wonder material with so many potential applications, is also the secret sauce to making tougher silk. A team of scientists from Tsinghua University in Beijing successfully ...