Engineers have developed silk materials that can wrinkle into highly detailed patterns -- including words, textures and images as intricate as a QR code or a fingerprint. The patterns are stable, but ...

Thai sericulture is trying to adapt to the growth of technology and the impact of global warming, with support from authorities and overseas experts. Phayaram, a small village in tambon Phearam of ...

Using a new mathematical methodology, researchers have created a scientifically rigorous analogy showing the similarities between the physical structure of spider silk and the sonic structure of a ...

Using a new mathematical methodology, researchers at MIT have created a scientifically rigorous analogy that shows the similarities between the physical structure of spider silk and the sonic ...

A staff member works at a silk factory in Macclesfield on Aug 11. The town in northwest England has a deep-rooted silk tradition.[Photo by Li Ying/Xinhua] The town of Macclesfield in northwest England ...