The harvest for Uzbekistan’s perhaps most famous export, silkworm cocoons, has begun in earnest and with the usual concern for rights violations that the ancient industry brings with it. Silkworm ...

My eight-year-old daughter Nancy appears in the kitchen looking cross. ‘What’s that disgusting thing bobbing about in the bathroom sink?’ she demands. ‘It’s just a silkworm cocoon,’ I reply airily — ...

Inspired by nature The humble and somewhat delicate looking silkworm cocoon is inspiring researchers to develop future materials to make car panels, helmets and protective suits for mine sweepers. A ...

A collaborative research team develops an absorbent multifunctional nanofiber adhesive hemostat based on a protein biomaterial. In recent news, there has been a case where a patient experienced pain ...