Naturally, good science doesn’t happen overnight. There are a few contenders for the strongest spider silk among which the golden silk orb-weaver gets the most attention, but the black widow’s ...

In a materials science discovery, scientists made a liquid silk solution that hardens and picks up objects—not unlike ...

This homemade, glistening material has some spidey strength of its own. Spider silk is tougher than Kevlar, more flexible than nylon, and thinner than a single strand of human hair, making this ...

The successful production surge was driven by Kraig Labs' newest hybrid spider silk production strain, which transformed traditional silkworms into producers of spider silk-based fibers. This record ...

While spider silk proteins are something you can make in your garage, making useful drag line fibers has proved a daunting challenge. Now, a team of scientists from Japan and Hong Kong are closer ...

Kraig Biocraft Laboratories, Inc. ( www.KraigLabs.com ), a reporting biotechnology company is the leading developer of genetically engineered spider silk-based fiber technologies. The Company has ...

TSURUOKA, Yamagata Prefecture--A biotechnology startup based here is drawing major attention from investors for its development of spider silk for use as a synthetic fiber. Spider silk ...