Simulations showed that stretching aligns protein chains and increases hydrogen bonds, which act like tiny bridges between ...

Kraig Biocraft Laboratories, Inc. (OTCQB: KBLB) ("Company" or "Kraig Labs"), a world leader in spider silk manufacturing, is ...

Here we will shed light on the true marvel of these creations. Many materials made by nature (biomaterials) far surpass ...

Known for its unmatched relative strength and flexibility, which could find uses in novel textiles, spider silk has long eluded efficient synthetic replication, in part because it has been ...

Spiders don’t just spin webs—they engineer them. By stretching their silk as they spin, spiders strengthen the fibers at the ...

Kraig Biocraft Laboratories, Inc. (OTCQB: KBLB) ("Company" or "Kraig Labs"), a global leader in engineered spider silk ...

When their collaboration to produce recombinant spider silk proteins in yeast yielded promising results, the duo decided to challenge the status quo in the textile industry by commercially producing ...

While spider silk proteins are something you can make in your garage, making useful drag line fibers has proved a daunting challenge. Now, a team of scientists from Japan and Hong Kong are closer ...

When spiders spin their webs, they use their hind legs to pull silk threads from their spinnerets. This pulling action doesn't just help the spider release the silk, it's also a crucial step in ...

Kowa jointly developed the textile with the National Agriculture and Food Research Organization (NARO), which has expertise in silkworms. Bagworm silk is said to be even more durable than spider silk.

Researchers long have been interested in spider silk because of its remarkable properties. It’s stronger than steel, tougher ...

When spiders spin their webs, they use their hind legs to pull silk threads from their spinnerets. This pulling action doesn't just help the spider release the silk, it's also a crucial step in ...