Have you ever heard of a spider that eats its own web? Chances are, you probably haven’t, but that is what Darwin’s bark ...

Silkworm thread has been turned into superstrong material that surpasses the strength of natural spider silks, according to research. Scientists have made it 70 percent stronger than a spider's ...

Researchers at the University of Bayreuth have recently successfully bred the world’s first CRISPR-Cas9-modified spider to produce red fluorescent silk. For this work, they used a species of ...

That is what makes genetically modified silkworms ideal to make spider-like silks, as they have been farmed for silk production since the neolithic, about 6,000 years ago, when Yangshao culture in ...

Spiders hold the market for the strongest silks but are too aggressive and territorial to be farmed. The next best alternative involves incorporating spider DNA into silkworms, an expensive and ...

Joro spiders' webs are so large and strong that they have been seen to snag birds. " [My study on Joro spider web strength discussed in National Geographic in 2022] showed how the webs were strong ...

Producing spider silk is a massive undertaking, and even that is an understatement. An astounding 23,000 spiders are needed to produce a single ounce of golden spider silk, per the Museum of ...

Spider silk, stronger than steel and more resistant than Kevlar, has long interested scientists. However, large-scale farming is difficult, pushing researchers to develop synthetic alternatives.

Current methods for repairing nerve injuries can be hit-and-miss. For the first time, researchers have combined two kinds of silk - from silkworms and spiders - to create a promising ...

Spider silk is prized for its unrivaled strength and toughness. But figuring out a way to mass-produce it is no easy feat. Spiders cannot be put to work to pump out the fibers the way silkworms ...