The golden silk, a luxury once reserved for Roman emperors, has been recreated by modern scientists.

To make materials from silk protein, scientists have used solution-processing methods, but these require large amounts of solvent and the silk protein tends to recrystallize in solution over time.

Today, silk is being examined for a wide range of medical uses, ranging from membranes to scaffolding to foster the healing of wounds. Silks used in research and medical settings undergo much harsher ...

Improved processing unlocks greater quality and efficiency for recombinant spider silk fiberANN ARBOR, Mich., Aug. 04, 2025 ...

South Bay History: Hermosa Beach’s Golden State Silk Mills becomes the West Coast’s first silk processing plant Exterior view of the new Golden State Silk Mills in Hermosa Beach. Oct. 27, 1925.

ANN ARBOR, Mich., April 17, 2017 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Kraig Biocraft Laboratories, Inc. (OTCQB:KBLB) (“Company”), the leading developer of spider silk based fibers, announced today that it is ...

Thermoplastic moulding of regenerated silk. Nature Materials, 2019; DOI: 10.1038/s41563-019-0560-8 ...

Last year the world's largest silk producer, Guangdong Silk-Tex Group, announced plans to create a silk processing factory and silk farm in Kenya. If successful, the venture is expected to create ...

1. Silk‐FET architecture and fabrication: (a) Graphic representation of an indium-gallium-zinc oxide (IGZO) silk‐FET with lateral gate electrode interfaced with an ultra-thin silk layer.