Following is a transcript of the video. Narrator: Humans have been making silk for centuries. It's a coveted textile for gowns, sheets, and robes. But why is it so expensive? Silk is the product ...

who would later become Emperor Justinian, brought silkworm eggs to Europe by smuggling them out of China. As a consequence, the silk industry in the West came into being. Within centuries, sericulture ...

Charlotte’s Web didn’t go into great detail about the different types of silk that a spider can produce, but the video and screencap after the break give a rundown of how spiders make ...

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 ...

This natural fiber is only extracted by a few skilled craftspeople across the world. But making this silk isn't easy. Extracting enough lotus silk for one scarf can take two months, and the final ...

While silk maintained its high-society status over the next thousands of years, the demand for easy-to-use materials grew among mass consumers. In the early 20 th century, textile developers applied ...

Here is a step-by-step guide to making easy silk tie Easter eggs with tips from fiber artist Annette Browning of FiberArtsy.

Spider silk, already known for its exceptional strength, reveals an astonishing manufacturing process. Researchers have discovered that stretching plays a key role in the solidity of these ...

A small fragment of a protein from spider silk enables researchers to express functional hydrophobic and aggregation-prone proteins. As scientists have learned more about the structure and synthesis ...

If you're looking to upgrade the elegance of your bedroom, our guide to the best silk sheets can help. See our top picks from Lily Silk, Mulberry Park and more.

Silk is the epitome of luxury when it comes to fabric whether it's for robes, sheets, or dresses. And there's a lot of work that goes into making this luscious fabric come to life. Silkworms spin ...

The chosen location for the museum was the site of what is believed to have been the world’s first mechanised factory – a former silk mill, rebuilt in the late 19th century.