His lab, the Kaplan Lab, is strewn with the substance, stacked with cases of silk cocoons and wads of silk from around the world, all awaiting their transformation into new forms. Kaplan, a biomedical ...

A video of women queuing up outside a Karnataka Silk Industries Corporation (KSIC) outlet in Bengaluru has gone viral, offering a glimpse into the skyrocketing demand for Mysore silk sarees.

This study innovatively employs FSC, an unprocessed flat silk cocoon with continuous silk fibers and a naturally porous, extracellular matrix-like structure, to create a new class of bone repair ...

But changes in seasons, climate, and feed can create tiny variations in the cocoon. This isn’t as much of an issue for producing silk fabrics; but when it comes to medicine, consistency is key ...

THE Department of Science and Technology-Philippine Textile Research Institute (DOST-PTRI) officially broke ground on October 12 for the largest commercial-scale silk cocoon production hub in the ...

The agricultural technician hopes to help local residents not only harvest silk cocoons, but also learn how to turn silk threads into silk quilts, allowing them to benefit from agribusiness.

The Government Cocoon Market in Ramanagara on the Bangalore-Mysore highway is Asia’s largest such market. (HT) It is a bit of a shame that we don’t wear silk more, given that a whopping 70% of ...

These mechanical changes to the processing and handling of the Company's spider silk cocoons resulted in a near doubling of reeling efficiency compared to the prior production runs. "Increasing ...

Despite facing initial challenges, his unit has been now witnessing a resurgence in demand for natural silk. Earlier, Department of Sericulture provided cocoon bank facilities to support the silk ...