They put muga silkworms into jalis, structures made by tying together semidried leaves. Here, the caterpillars rest and weave their cocoons for three days, until they fully empty their silk glands ...

So just how is it made, and what makes it so expensive? Phan Thi Thuan's family have been making silk for generations, growing and harvesting the threads from silkworms themselves to create luxury ...

If fluorescent green silk becomes the next fashion trend, Hajime Mori and his colleagues at the Kyoto Institute of Technology have it made ... of the chains of the silkworm fibroin gene, the ...

Environmentally friendly and highly durable bagworm silk is set to be used in a commercial application for the first time, ...

Unlike traditional silks, Eri Silk is made from the broken cocoons of silkworms, a process that aligns with the principle of ahimsa, meaning non-violence. This silk is harvested without killing ...

According to PETA, 6,600 silkworms are killed to make just one kilogram of silk, which means for a single silk pillowcase you ...

The biodegradable thread has proven to be tougher and more flexible than silk extracted from silkworms or spider web, according to Kowa Co. Kowa, whose business fields range from textile trading to ...

Silk is the epitome of luxury when it comes to fabric whether it's for robes, sheets, or dresses. And there's a lot of work that goes into making this luscious fabric come to life. Silkworms spin ...

One day in late May, the Tomioka Silk Mill was bustling with ... collected at the old mill were placed, the silkworms headed for their meal and made "pitter-patter" noises as they munched the ...

FUKUOKA--Kyushu University has used silkworms to develop a protein that could become a candidate vaccine for COVID-19, officials said. The university, known as a world-class institution for ...

In the mid 1800s, a pervasive disease decimated silkworm agriculture in France. In an effort to save the silk-production industry ... and his early work made significant contributions to basic ...