that they struck upon the idea of inserting a gene for spider-silk production into marine purple photosynthetic bacteria. This resulted in production of high-purity spider-silk protein 1.

In a recent study, researchers at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute were able to gene-hack a strain of bacteria to turn wasteful polyethylene plastic into a spider silk-like material as strong as ...

Lewis: Now, we started with bacteria, because they're easy, they're fast. Narrator: But researchers also tried to see if they could grow it in plants like alfalfa or insert the spider-silk-laden ...

the agency warned the public that Silk and Great Value brands of almond, oat, cashew and coconut non-dairy milks were being ...

The University of Manchester-based researchers found that their homemade synthetic spider silk glue works as well as commercially available adhesives without being environmentally harmful. The glue ...