Opulence, elegance, and luxury -- three words closely associated with silk fabric. With a lustrous sheen and incomparable softness, it's no wonder silk is considered one of the most high-end decor ...

It is being used to make bone screws, extra-sticky glue, cosmetics and possibly medical tattoos. What else can it do? Science is still answering that question. The future of silk may have much less to ...

Since we use clothing and fabrics every day, it’s easy to take them for granted. However, many fabrics come from a rather unexpected origin and have a fascinating history. One amazing example is silk; ...

The most thorough genome sequence data so far for the silkworm, Bombyx mori, have been released by Chinese researchers. Taken together with sequence data previously released by a Japanese group, the ...