Through workshops, design studios and local industries, silk production continues to link tradition with contemporary demand, preserving techniques shaped over centuries. For centuries, silk has been ...

The process of natural silk production in the spider major ampullate (Ma) gland endows dragline silk with extraordinary mechanical properties and the potential for biomimetic applications. However, ...

The latest production cycle delivered the company’s largest-ever output, highlighting ongoing efforts to scale commercial ...

The complex molecular structure of spider silk has been successfully copied as scientists spin silk from an artificial gland that mimics nature’s process of producing one of the world’s toughest ...

And despite the obvious benefits of spider silk, no one has stepped up to start spider farming on the scale required. Researchers expect that by better understanding silk production at a molecular ...

Researchers from the Washington University in St. Louis have successfully replicated the spider silk using two interesting components: the silk genome and bacteria. The spider's silk is a highly ...

Researchers have succeeded in creating a device that spins artificial spider silk that closely matches what spiders naturally produce. The artificial silk gland was able to re-create the complex ...

The use of automated reeling equipment allows Kraig Labs to fine-tune and adapt the reeling process specifically for the unique properties of spider silk, compared to traditional silkworm silk. By ...