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Oct. 6, 2022 Spiders hold the market for the strongest silks but are too aggressive and territorial to be farmed. The next best alternative involves incorporating spider DNA into silkworms, an expensive and ...
Sep. 20, 2023 Scientists have synthesized spider silk from genetically modified silkworms, producing fibers six times tougher than the Kevlar used in bulletproof vests. The study is the first to successfully ...
Feb. 23, 2024 A collaborative research team develops an absorbent multifunctional nanofiber adhesive hemostat based on a protein ...
Dec. 21, 2022 Did you know that silk fabric is made from ... well, worm spit? The way that silkworms wind their cocoons from fibers in their slimy saliva is now helping scientists more easily make new biomedical ...
July 10, 2023 Researchers have found toxins in the venom of asp caterpillars are completely different to anything they have seen before in insects. Toxins in the caterpillar venom punch holes in cells the same way ...
Jan. 17, 2024 Female moths primarily use their sense of smell to find the best host plants on which to lay their eggs, with the deterrent effect of caterpillar feces playing an important role, according to new ...
May 27, 2021 The Menetries' tiger moth (Arctia menetriesii) is one of the rarest, most poorly studied Palaearctic moth species. Researchers have now documented the species' biology under laboratory ...
May 3, 2022 Researchers have developed a silk composite for significantly improved tendon regeneration and ...
Nov. 23, 2021 A research team was able to find a previously unknown glacial relic in the Alps, the Alpine rose leaf-miner moth. It is the first known species to have its caterpillars specializing on the rust-red ...
Jan. 23, 2024 Researchers found that years when moth numbers were up resulted in increased population growth for the blue ...