Fifty one years Old Emilly Bunoro showing Mulburry leaves used for feeding worms at Shiseno Village, Ikolomani Constituency on June 24, 2015. The worms provide raw materials used for making silk ...

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INDIO HATUEY, Cuba, May 22 (Reuters) - Cuban biochemist Dayron Martin, dressed in a white lab coat and jeans, looks over a table swarming with silkworms with the admiration of a proud father. Hundreds ...

Stephen has degrees in science (Physics major) and arts (English Literature and the History and Philosophy of Science), as well as a Graduate Diploma in Science Communication. Stephen has degrees in ...

CHEYENNE, Wyo. — Watch out, Spider-Man: Your webbing is about to be used for more than fighting crime. University of Wyoming professor Don Jarvis, along with collaborators in Indiana, Utah and ...

SHAANXI, Northwest China — Inside a steam-filled workshop, Zhang Wurong is working furiously to feed mountains of cocoons into a silk-reeling machine. The machine allows the 59-year-old to harvest ...

We won't be dangling from skyscrapers at will, but if science proves successful, genetically engineered silk worms could one day produce substitutes to plastics. The silk would offer substantial ...

In the Silk Sanctuary of San Pedro Cajones in Oaxaca, Zapotec artisans work in partnership with silk worms to create ...

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 ...