Researchers report on a new model for spider silk assembly. The key to spider silk 'spinning' is a combination of acidification and a process known as liquid-liquid phase separation, or LLPS. Of all ...

Scientists are one step closer to recreating spider silk — one of nature's most powerful engineering tools. Shutterstock Spider webs are made up of proteins called spidrons about 0.003 millimeters ...

But if you look at silk really closely, you’d see the proteins inside form a fuzzy, wooly tangle. This limits how the material can be used. The researchers developed a way to coax silk proteins to ...

Michael Landreh receives funding from the Swedish Research Council (VR), the Swedish Cancer Research Foundation (Cancerfonden), the Knut and Alice Wallenberg-Foundation (KAW), The Olle Engkvist ...

It takes a lot of carbon to produce the cows that make leather. These scientists are trying to replace it with something easier to grow. “Basically, it’s like cooking pasta,” says Fiorenzo Omenetto, a ...

Genuine silk's allure is being challenged by market fakes. Learn to distinguish real silk from imitations using a simple ...

Though the days of pajama pants on Zoom are hopefully over, many people still strive to integrate comfortable loungewear into their wardrobe. Silk pajamas are one example of a sleepwear-loungewear ...

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