Spiders and some insects use silk to build strong webs and spin cocoons, and now scientists have figured out how to use the material for something even more amazing: electronic computer chips. Many ...

University of Trento researchers have discovered a way to give spiders ultra-strong silk, and it involves spiking the spiders with graphene. The graphene (or carbon nanotubes) is said to only be as ...

Spider silk is one of the more extraordinary materials known to science. The protein fiber, spun by spiders to make webs, is stronger than almost anything that humans can make. The dragline silk ...

The U.S. Army is looking to harness genetically modified Dragon Silk fibers for bullet proof vests. Michigan-based Kraig Biocraft Laboratories has genetically modified silkworms using the DNA from ...

The play Silk tells the story of a Frenchman who travels to Japan in search of silkworm eggs and becomes enamored with a concubine. Though the two never speak or touch, strong feelings develop between ...