Researchers report on a new model for spider silk assembly. The key to spider silk 'spinning' is a combination of acidification and a process known as liquid-liquid phase separation, or LLPS. Of all ...

Japan-based biochemist Ali Malay has long questioned traditional theories about how spiders make their silk. “The prevailing hypotheses seemed like magic, because, according to it, you suddenly have ...

We're not talking about the latest high-tech material developed in a lab somewhere, but one of nature's supermaterials — spider silk. Spiders make many different kinds of silks. Orb-weaver spiders, ...

The following is a transcript of the video. Narrator: Lotus flowers, worms, and muga moths are the unlikely source of one of the most delicate and luxurious fibers in the world: silk. Known for its ...

Move over, mycelium. The new year is kicking off with a new next-gen material in mind: the queen of fibers. Silk is one of the oldest fibers, first emerging in China around 2600 BCE, according to the ...