Discarded silkworm pupae offer high-nutritional-value livestock feed, containing essential proteins, lipids, and omega-3 fatty acids, says CFTRI chief.

When scientists want to study aging and how to slow it down, they often turn to microscopic worms or lab mice among other models. The former are too different from humans, while the latter are ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Silkworm’s Joel RL Phelps, Andy Cohen, and Tim Midyett, photo by Jon Solomon and courtesy of Comedy Minus One “There’s a very good ...

Larvae of the silk moth tend to live longer lives if they have higher levels of an enzyme known as NAD+.

It already exists in the natural world. Now, thanks to breakthroughs in genetic engineering, scientists have created ...

Montana indie rock greats Silkworm, whose original run was 1987 – 2005, are reuniting for their first official shows in 20 years. The news came via Vish Khana’s Kreative Kontrol podcast, as band ...

Current methods for repairing injured nerves can be hit-and-miss and are restricted to repair over short distances. For the first time, researchers have combined two kinds of silk to create a ...

As one of the strongest materials known to science, spider silk regularly finds itself at the center of exciting engineering breakthroughs, and a new study involving a quick chemical bath could take ...

Tomorrow (Feb. 21) Silkworm are releasing an expanded vinyl reissue of their 1997 album Developer via Comedy Minus One. The beloved indie rock outfit was active from 1987 to 2005, and broke up due to ...

Spiders hold the market for the strongest silks but are too aggressive and territorial to be farmed. The next best alternative involves incorporating spider DNA into silkworms, an expensive and ...