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Biotechnology is about to get a major breakthrough in the textiles department – a market-ready manmade spider silk product is launching at SXSW this weekend. Bolt Threads, a San Francisco-based ...

Silk is often used for a range of applications like making surgical sutures and drug-delivery systems or wearable devises like hearing aids, due to the fibre’s superior mechanical properties and ...

Kraig Biocraft Laboratories develops and commercialises spider silk fibre technologies. Credit: Marek M/Shutterstock.com. These shipments will mark the company’s initial commercial sales, representing ...

or decades, scientists and entrepreneurs have fantasized about creating lab-grown spider silk, which is renowned for its strength and softness. Slowly, a few companies have emerged that are able to do ...

{{youtube:medium|Ok1p7zfjeVA}} Rabbit, a brown-recluse spider, is fastened to the proverbial treadmill in Hannes Schniepp’s Nanomaterials & Imaging lab. She is restrained but relaxed. Her spinnerets ...

Companies around the world are developing lab-grown alternatives to leather, silk and even diamonds, but there are questions about their sustainability claims Developing cleaner sources for raw ...

Experts selected the best silk pillowcases for skin and hair, including mulberry silk and satin options from brands Fishers ...