Once a fabric reserved for emperors, the fabled “sea silk” has been resurrected by Korean scientists who discovered a way to recreate its legendary golden luster using the byssus threads of the pen ...

Genuine silk's allure is being challenged by market fakes. Learn to distinguish real silk from imitations using a simple ...

If you liked this story, share it with other people. Recently, Bangladesh successfully developed lotus silk — a biodegradable luxury fabric — using lotus stems, merging ancient tradition with modern ...

BENGALURU: Karnataka, India’s largest silk producer, will have another feather in its cap. The country’s first silk museum ...

If you’ve read any climate-related news in the past several years, you’re probably familiar with the scourge of microplastics. These tiny bits of plastic end up clogging oceans. They show up at ...

It’s almost time to dust off the Halloween decorations and adorn the house with all manner of spooky things, including the classic polyester spider webs. Scientists reporting in ACS Nano have made ...