Over time, luxurious silk sarees get worn out, but instead of letting them go to waste, you can repurpose them in various ...

Silk fibres from a silkworm cocoon can be processed into various forms, ranging from gels, strands, sponges and blocks, through to foams and films 7,8,9,10,11,12.As shown in Fig. 1, the ...

Japan-based biochemist Ali Malay has long questioned traditional theories about how spiders make their silk. “The prevailing hypotheses seemed like magic, because, according to it, you suddenly ...

The tale I have just told you - a 'Just So' story of one of the greatest technology thefts of history - is one that is presented to us in paint on a plank of wood that's around 1,400 years old. It's ...

After all, we want to get our money’s worth and make sure it lasts longer than two days, right? Before you schedule your silk press appointment (or at the salon), it is important to cleanse your ...

Sleeping on silk is the same idea, just fancier due to the higher-quality material. While silk wouldn’t have made sense for me at 10 or even 15, it has become a go-to in adulthood and is less ...