In 2016, Awad conceived the idea of leveraging Nagaa Awni's agricultural strengths to plant mulberry trees for feeding silkworms, producing silk and making carpets. "We don't want to be a burden ...
An investor is needed to address a situation where some farmers are demotivated to carry on sericulture and to utilise the Kigali Silk Factory that has been lying idle for about four years, Ombudsman ...
Researchers at Tufts University’s Silklab have developed a silk-based sticky fluid that instantly turns into a fibrous material when ejected, evoking the gravity-defying, web-slinging powers of the ...
Re-Spun Silkworm Silk Is 70% Stronger Than Spider Silk Oct. 6, 2022 — Spiders hold the market for the strongest silks but are too aggressive and territorial to be farmed.
Legend tells us that the Chinese empress Leizu founded the cultivation of silk from caterpillars over 5,000 years ago, after a silkworm moth cocoon plummeted into her steaming teacup, unraveling ...
Others are looking at alfalfa, silkworms, yeast and even bacteria as possible producers, although the silk can be toxic to its hosts. Reducing this toxicity remains an active area of research.
(OTCQB: KBLB) ("the Company" or "Kraig Labs"), the leading developer of commercially viable spider silk, is excited to announce that its current production batch is cocooning this week. This batch is ...