The remarkable silk used by net-casting spiders to snare prey is both highly elastic and exceptionally strong, offering clues ...

(Nanowerk News) Thermoelectric textiles convert temperature differences, for example between our bodies and the surrounding air, into an electrical potential. This technology can be of great benefit ...

A research group, led by Chalmers University of Technology in Sweden, presents an ordinary silk thread, coated with a conductive plastic material, that shows promising properties for turning textiles ...

In a quiet workshop in Dingzhou, an ancient city in North China's Hebei province, a revolution was taking place, one silk thread at a time. Under the steady glow of lamplight, the hands of master ...

First things first, if you want to craft Silk Thread in LEGO Fortnite, you will need a Spinning Wheel and some Silk. Silk, when put into the Spinning Wheel, is refined into Silk Thread. To craft a ...

Here's a weekend project for the intrepid and meticulous only. A young woman is making usable thread out of spider silk. The woman, who goes by the handle Persona, posted a detailed account of her web ...

What do the popularity of luxury quilts have to do with the difficulty of feeding bugs? More than you think. Our new exhibition Everyday Luxury: Silk Quilts from the National Collection unravels the ...