Silk is one of the most luxurious fabrics for clothing and bedding. Unlike cotton or linen, silk is made most commonly by insects—often the Bombyx mori, a domesticated moth that feeds on the leaves of ...
“Silk: A World History” describes the unique qualities of silk that make it a sustainable material with a wide variety of applications. The following is an excerpt from Silk: A World History by ...
A research team in Japan reported that they succeeded in producing the spider silk -- ultra-lightweight, though, biodegradable and biocompatible material -- using photosynthetic bacteria. This study ...