Hannes Schniepp and Sean Koebley talk about silk as being either alive or dead. They aren't talking about the silk of scarves and dresses. The finest garment-quality silks are made gently, by boiling ...

Researchers have found an eco-friendly approach that can eliminate the use of toxic chemicals in silk processing. Traditionally, toxic chemicals like sodium carbonate, sodium hydroxide, sulfuric acid, ...

A team of researchers from Tufts University, Imperial College London and the University of Michigan has created a new ...

Silk degumming is considered the first point in the preparation of silk-based materials since this process could modify the silk fiber and the properties of its related products. This study evaluated ...

The silk fibroin protein that silkworms spin into cocoons is prized for its mechanical properties. But the complex network of hydrogen-bonded β-sheets that give silk its strength and flexibility also ...

Stifling treatments are applied to silk cocoons in order to kill the pupae, preventing the emergence of moths and allowing to preserve the silk during long periods of time. All of them involve the ...

Khadi and Village Industries Commission (KVIC) on Friday inaugurated is first silk processing plant, at Surendranagar in Gujarat, in a move that would help cut down the cost of production of silk yarn ...

Silk producers based in Malda have demanded at least one processing unit be set up in the district and sought arrangements to protect cocoons from which the yarn is made. The demand was raised during ...

Farmers engaged in sericulture are in a difficult situation after the departure of a Korean company called HEworks Rwanda Silk Ltd, a company that had ventured into Rwanda's silk sector. Sericulture ...