The Prime Minister highlighted the importance of Ryndia silk in the context of worldwide consumer preferences shifting toward ...

CRISPR-modified silkworms produce full-length spider silk that breaks barriers in producing lightweight and high-tensile-strength materials. genprowebdirectory Facebook Linkedin RSS Twitter Youtube ...

Jammu and Kashmir's sericulture industry sees growth with increased cocoon and raw silk production, aided by government interventions.

Silkworm silk typically consists of protein fibers sheathed in a glue-like substance. That glue helps the silk fibers stick together in cocoons, but it’s an impediment to spinning it.

The resulting silkworms produced silk that was 100 per cent spider silk and could withstand a stretching force of 1299 megapascals without breaking, making it 1.3 times stronger than nylon.

Spider silk is prized for its unrivaled strength and toughness. But figuring out a way to mass-produce it is no easy feat. Spiders cannot be put to work to pump out the fibers the way silkworms ...

As per trade information, a typical mulberry silk saree is produced by killing 10,000-20,000 silkworms. Similarly, in the traditional process, 5,000-7,000 silkworms lose their life in the making ...

Re-spun silkworm silk is 70% stronger than spider silk Date: October 6, 2022 Source: Cell Press Summary: Spiders hold the market for the strongest silks but are too aggressive and territorial to ...

Chinese scientists have synthesised the first full-length spider silk fibres from genetically modified silkworms, and they say the result is tougher than “most natural and synthetic fibres ...

Now, researchers have successfully gene-edited silkworms to produce spider silk that’s six times stronger than Kevlar, the material used in bulletproof vests.

New process creates silk that is 70 per cent tougher than the stronger-than-steel version spun by spiders and can be used in medical devices, researchers say.

The process of making silk begins with silkworms, which spin cocoons around themselves. These cocoons are then carefully unraveled to extract long silk threads, which are subsequently treated, dyed, ...