Companies spend thousands developing a project for the market, hoping their investment will return big. Investing like this happens every day and won’t shock anyone. What may surprise you is someone ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Move over, mycelium. The new year is kicking off with a new next-gen material in mind: the queen of fibers. Silk is one of the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Best Made Microsilk Cap of Courage, $198 (Photo: Courtesy of Best Made Co.) Using new technology, Best Made Co., a New York ...

Spider silk is often touted as some of the strongest material on Earth: According to some calculations, it can be up to five times stronger than steel cable of similar weight—though that comparison is ...

“Silk: A World History” describes the unique qualities of silk that make it a sustainable material with a wide variety of applications. The following is an excerpt from Silk: A World History by ...

A research team in Japan reported that they succeeded in producing the spider silk -- ultra-lightweight, though, biodegradable and biocompatible material -- using photosynthetic bacteria. This study ...