The Silklab at Tufts is a misnomer in a sense. While the lab is working with silk, a textile humans have been using for over ...

From these eggs will hatch tiny silkworms, caterpillars of the domesticated silk moth Bombyx mori, which will then set to chomping down on mulberry leaves and preparing themselves for the demanding ...

such as ‘peace silk’ or ‘ahimsa silk,’ allow the silkworms to emerge from their cocoons naturally, providing a cruelty-free alternative. This method not only respects the lifecycle of the ...

In Yizhou District of Hechi City, south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, sci-tech enabled modern sericulture and ...

The story of silk is full of the extraordinary. First Paraguay and Suriname have caterpillars larger than any in Europe, found In Suriname in 1699 “green with a yellow stripe across their body” living ...

Now, thanks to an enzyme that allows silkworms to break out of their cocoons and fly away as butterflies, she is finally pain-free. 'For years, I took strong prescription painkillers and had ...

When walking into local silk reeling workshops ... rate of advanced techniques including co-breeding of small silkworms, and fresh cocoon reeling also ranks high among national comparable localities.