Will Silk Worms Help Build Our Future Cities? MIT Media Lab conducts a silk worm-enabled experiment in bio-digital fabrication. Yes, It’s Real: A Bio-Factory That Farms Spider Silk Arachnophobes, ...

PYONGYANG, North Korea – As the morning light poured through large windows, women wearing olive-colored overalls, pink aprons and headscarves stood at stations where silkworms were being boiled. Some ...

Silk is an elegant material, often used to manufacture delicate garments like camisoles and scarfs. It’s also incredibly tough, good for catching flies or stopping bullets. Wait, what? A startup ...