Loopworm is ramping up production at a facility in Bangalore capable of churning out 6,000t of silkworm and black soldier fly ...

How silkworms spin silk with excellent properties, i.e., the spinning mechanism of the silkworm, has become one of the most ...

As the University of Maryland Extension explained, they were brought over from their native China during colonial times to ...

Jeanette Sliwinski, the woman responsible for the deaths of Chicago's Michael Dahlquist (Silkworm), Douglas Meis (the Dials), and John Glick (the Returnables), will leave prison starting October 2, ...

Known for its traditional health benefits, this remarkable fungus may hold the key to slowing cancer progression, according ...

Researchers explore how the domesticated flightless silkworm moth (Bombyx mori), a prominent insect model in olfactory research, uses wing flapping to manipulate airflow, enhancing their ability ...

Please verify your email address. These are the remnants of silkworm larvae, stricken by the white blight and left to wither. Unfulfilled in their transformation, they bear their natural pallor.

THE silk-producing apparatus of the common silkworm provides a convenient system for the study of several aspects of the synthesis of fibrous proteins. It is particularly useful for the ...

But why is it so expensive? Silk is the product of the domesticated silkworm, Bombyx mori. The caterpillars eat constantly. They're fed mulberry leaves five times a day. After 45 days of munching ...

But the caterpillars needed to make it are in danger. So what's happening to the muga silkworm? And why is this silk so expensive? More from So Expensive Unlike any other fabric, muga silk has a ...

Particle guidance by the flapping of flightless silkworm moths was quantified by computational fluid dynamic analyses. (a) The flapping silkworm moths were filmed by two high-speed cameras (1,000 ...