Simulations showed that stretching aligns protein chains and increases hydrogen bonds, which act like tiny bridges between ...

Then they're put into the loom. These fibers are fragile, but once woven, can be as durable as traditional silk. Phan has a team of 20 workers creating these fibers each day, allowing them to ...

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When they weave their webs, spiders pull their silk threads. New simulations show stretching during spinning causes the protein chains within the fibers to align and the number of hydrogen bonds ...

Computational analysis provides new insights into silk's mechanical properties that was unavailable experimentally ...

Crafted from 22-momme mulberry silk - this pillowcase is thick and dense, which makes it more durable compared to other silk pillowcases and it's infused with silver nanoparticle technology which ...

Pharmaceutical giant Kowa Co. said it has created an exceptionally durable and environmentally friendly new textile from the gossamer silk of bagworm moth larvae. In its Nov. 20 announcement ...