Archeology
Evidence of Chinese silk production from 8500 years ago
Evidence obtained from three 8,500-year-old tombs in Henan Province, China shows that ancient people used silk thousands of years ago.
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Biology
Silkworms change genes for artificial silk production
Notre Dame University (France), Wyoming University (USA) and biotechnology company Kraig Biocraft (USA) have succeeded in producing genetically modified silkworms capabl…
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Go to Van Phuc village to see how elaborate the silk production process is
Van Phuc silk village (Ha Dong, Hanoi) is a famous silk weaving village for many generations. According to small traders in silk village, visitors come to buy goods much…
New technology
Producing artificial spider silk lighter than cotton, more durable than steel
This work was done by a team at Washington University (Saint Louis, Missouri, USA) using bacteria to synthesize spider silk proteins.