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Oct. 22, 2021 Researchers have harnessed the strength of bagworm silk to produce a strong conductive fiber. To obtain this novel fiber, the research team combined bagworm silk with polyaniline as a conducting ...
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 ...
Jan. 4, 2022 Researchers discuss the properties of silk and recent and future applications of the material. It has been used in drug delivery and is ideal for wearable and implantable health monitoring sensors. ...
Oct. 5, 2021 As far back as ancient Rome, spider silk has been used as a remedy to treat everything from skin lesions to warts. In the past, doctors have covered open wounds in cobwebs or advised patients to ...
Apr. 20, 2023 Engineers developed a method to create synthetic spider silk at high yields while retaining strength and toughness using mussel foot ...
July 20, 2021 A new fiber, made by genetically engineered bacteria is stronger than steel and tougher than ...
May 24, 2022 Biologists found that a double layer of silk in combination with a surgical mask can enhance its ability to prevent the spread of viruses like ...
Sep. 23, 2022 Scientists developed a method to make silk-based materials that refuse to stick to water, or almost anything else containing water. Molded into forms like plastic, or coated onto surfaces as a film, ...
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 ...
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 ...