The artificial silk threads, while still soft and gummy are then stretched on drums or reels and dried, during which process they take on the beautiful luster so eagerly sought for by silk ...

The raw silk production in the country stayed at 34,042 metric tonnes (MT) till January 2025, registering an uptick, Pabitra ...

By simulating spider silk in a computational model, the team discovered the stretching process aligns the protein chains within the fibers and increases the number of bonds between those chains.

India’s raw silk production has reached 34,042 metric tonnes during the April-January period of 2024-25, marking a ...

Silk craft villages have dotted Vietnam for hundreds of years. They make silk by hand in a tedious, 30-step process. Craftspeople feed the silkworms every four hours so they spin brilliantly ...

An FFG-funded consortium of Austrian research groups from the University of Vienna, MedUni Vienna and Technikum Wien together with company partner DOC Medikus GmbH has developed an innovative ...

India exported 3,348 metric tonnes (MT) of silk waste in 2023-24, according to data from the Directorate General of ...

The processing yields a water solution of pure silk-fibroin protein, which can then be turned into the desired form. Figure 1: The transformation process of silk optics.