Those precious silk garments in your closet were made by the caterpillar of a fuzzy, white moth — thousands of them. Silkworms spin a cocoon with a single strand of silk up to 10 city blocks long.

STORY: These silk lamp shades are made from silkworm cocoons, using a process that ensures the silkworms are not harmed These women meticulously remove the silkworms from their cocoons using their ...

Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent every weekday. Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. Silk is a fabulous fabric, but it’s also a material that can do so ...

Hannes Schniepp and Sean Koebley talk about silk as being either alive or dead. They aren’t talking about the silk of scarves and dresses. The finest garment-quality silks are made gently, by boiling ...

Silkworm thread has been turned into superstrong material that surpasses the strength of natural spider silks, according to research. Scientists have made it 70 percent stronger than a spider's silk ...

Super strong artificial silk? That’s so metal. Giving revamped silkworm silk a metallic bath may make the strands both strong and stiff, scientists report October 6 in Matter. Some strands were up to ...

Silk is one of the oldest and most valuable fabrics in the world. The smooth, durable fabric is made by harvesting the natural filament from the cocoons of silkworms, then dyeing, spinning, and ...

Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent every weekday. Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. A chrysalis needs to be perfect when a caterpillar or silkworm ...

Tougher than steel, lighter than cotton, and stubbornly elusive to produce. For decades, spider silk has been the material science has long promised but never quite delivered at scale. Now, a Michigan ...