Haldwani, October 7 (Daily Kiran) : The silk department of Uttarakhand is evolving from merely producing silk cocoons to spinning silk threads. In a pioneering effort, the Kumaon division has ...

Unlike a mountain climber swinging from a rope, a spider suspended from its silk thread hardly ever twists. Although the flexibility and strength of a spider’s dragline outperforms the best synthetic ...

Chinese robotics startup AGILINK has demonstrated its robot hand performing basic embroidery techniques using ...

Spider silk is among the strongest and toughest materials in the natural world, as strong as some steel alloys with a toughness even greater than bulletproof Kevlar. Spider silk's unmatched ...

You're currently following this author! Click to unsubscribe from email alerts. Dan Widmaier is not really a fashion guy — "by any stretch of the imagination," he clarifies — but that hasn't stopped ...

Imagine a sweater that powers electronics to monitor your health or charge your mobile phone while running. This development faces challenges because of the lack of materials that both conduct ...

How can a tiny spider body contain material for several decimeters of gossamer silk, and what governs the conversion to thread? Researchers in Sweden can now explain this process. How can a tiny ...