CHONGQING, June 18 (Xinhua) -- In Yongchuan District of southwest China's Chongqing Municipality, a modern sericulture base is transforming the ancient legacy of silkworm farming via cutting-edge ...

Son Ye Jin is back in touch with fans by opening a new secondary social media account. Open the Youtube video She posted a ...

Previous studies have demonstrated the benefits of using silk as a biomaterial. Silkworm cocoon silk is composed of fibroin and sericin proteins. Both are biocompatible, elastic, and tough.

But scientists may now have done just that, in a paper published in the journal Matter on Thursday, by tweaking the weaker but far more common silkworm silk to have properties even stronger than ...

Researchers have coaxed common silkworms to spin a more durable, eco-friendlier spider silk—all it took was a few genetic modifications and hundreds of thousands of silkworm egg microinjections.

"Silkworm silk is presently the only animal silk fiber commercialized on a large scale, with well-established rearing techniques," Mi said in a statement. "Consequently, employing genetically ...

The silkworm moth (Bombyx mori) is an insect that no longer flies due to domestication. The males use their antennae to detect pheromones emitted by females and respond very acutely, and have been ...

Montana indie rock greats Silkworm, whose original run was 1987 – 2005, are reuniting for their first official shows in 20 years. The news came via Vish Khana’s Kreative Kontrol podcast ...

TOKYO, July 26 (Reuters) - On a recent vacation in Tokyo, Takumi Yamamoto opted for a special lunch of cricket curry and silkworm sashimi, washed down with a water bug cider. The 26-year-old ...

In the mood for silkworm satay? Or how about nasi lemak served up with some crispy crickets on the side? Singapore’s state food agency has approved 16 species of edible insects for sale and ...