Spider silk is stronger than steel by weight and as stretchy as rubber. Scientists want to understand how spiders spin their silk so they can make artificial versions of the gossamer threads that are ...
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 ...
A Mallinson's "Pussy Willow" silk process sample length, in white. Pussy Willow was the long-lived Mallinson trade name for an all silk, "radium like", fine plain weave fabric. This sample of the ...