(Nanowerk Spotlight) Protein fibers such as collagen fibers, hairs, and silks, are fundamental building blocks of life. They play an essential role in motility, elasticity, scaffolding, stabilization ...

Spiders hold the market for the strongest silks but are too aggressive and territorial to be farmed. The next best alternative involves incorporating spider DNA into silkworms, an expensive and ...

Scientists at Tufts University created an effective fabrication method for molding silk into medical devices. Silk is a biopolymer long known for its superior mechanical strength. Silk is commonly ...