Unlike a mountain climber swinging from a rope, a spider suspended from its silk thread hardly ever twists. Although the flexibility and strength of a spider’s dragline outperforms the best synthetic ...

Silk thread bangles turn simple bangle bases into colorful handmade jewelry with a smooth and elegant finish. This DIY ...

This DIY tutorial demonstrates how to craft elegant black silk thread jhumka earrings using simple materials like black silk ...

You're currently following this author! Want to unfollow? Unsubscribe via the link in your email. Dan Widmaier is not really a fashion guy — "by any stretch of the imagination," he clarifies — but ...

Spider silk is among the strongest and toughest materials in the natural world, as strong as some steel alloys with a toughness even greater than bulletproof Kevlar. Spider silk's unmatched ...

It has five times the tensile strength of steel and is stronger than even the best currently available synthetic fibers: Spider thread. Scientists have now succeeded in unveiling a further secret of ...

The caterpillars that spin commercial silk can make much tougher or more elastic threads, depending on how fast they’re forced to spin. If this research finding is translated into a marketable process ...