Researchers at PNNL discovered a novel way to control the nanostructure of the silk protein, which is a key step toward ...

Silk fibroin and chitosan biomaterials are candidates for biomedical applications due to their biocompatibility and biodegradability. This webinar will review the ability of silk fibroin to ...

Silk Materials Research Group, Institute of Agrobiological Sciences, NARO, 1-2 Owashi, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8634, Japan ...

When an aqueous solution of the fibroin of Bombyxmori is acted upon by chymotrypsin, a precipitate is formed 1 through the specific action of the enzyme on the α-carboxyl groups of the tyrosine ...

A new system that allows a fluid material to be shot from a needle has been created by a team of researchers at Tufts ...

Scientists at the Advanced Science Research Center at the CUNY Graduate Center (CUNY ASRC) have developed a novel approach to ...

Researchers have developed a new technology that creates strong, sticky fibers capable of lifting objects and capturing ...

Get article recommendations from ACS based on references in your Mendeley library. Pair your accounts.

These sticky fibres, created at the Tufts University Silklab, come from silk moth cocoons, which are boiled in solution and broken down into their building block proteins called fibroin.

In a study now published in Advanced Functional Materials, the authors describe boiling the silk moth cocoons to break down a ...