Have you ever wondered about the intricate tapestry of history woven through the delicate threads of silk? From ancient ...

Craftspeople feed the silkworms every four hours so they spin brilliantly yellow cocoons. And turning those cocoons into silk is even more delicate work. In the 2010s, as cheaper, fake silk ...

International Business Times unpacks INO Armor's founding, which was shaped by a near-fatal tragic event, and explores the ...

Undegummed versus degummed silk Traditionally, industry has used degumming to unravel the silkworms cocoon to produce their fibres. "It is also commonly used by researchers to facilitate 'unspinning' ...

Once upon a time, circa 2700 BC in China, empress Xi Ling Shi was enjoying her afternoon tea under a mulberry tree, when a silkworm cocoon fell from the tree into her tea. She noticed that on contact ...

"The offerings to the Silkworm Deity. With their use indiscernible for now, it is wise to accept them all as given." The Rice Cocoons is a Key Item related to a Sidequest that takes place in ...

Researchers developed a new type of ceramic fiber aerogel, featuring highly anisotropic thermal conductivity and extreme ...

Jammu and Kashmir recorded a total cocoon production of 821.75 metric tonnes in 2023-24, which slightly declined to 814.18 ...

Recently, a research group led by Prof. WANG Zhenyang and ZHANG Shudong from the Hefei Institutes of Physical Science of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, developed a new type of ceramic fiber aerogels ...