Create your own stunning handmade Chandbali earrings using colorful silk threads! 🧵✨ This elegant DIY jewelry project is perfect for weddings, festivals, or gifting. Learn how to wrap, design, and ...

Transform old bangles into beautiful handmade silk thread jewelry with this colorful DIY craft! 💫 Learn how to wrap silk thread around used bangles and decorate them with beads, stones ...

Stretching spider silk makes it stronger New study finds the amount of stretching determines the fibers' properties Date: March 7, 2025 Source: Northwestern University Summary: When they weave ...

Understanding how the stretching process strengthens spider silk is a key part of helping design stronger, biodegradable, silk-inspired materials for various applications. When spiders spin their webs ...

Panaji: In India, the silk industry has long thrived — thanks to traditional garments like the sari — and the women of India have remained its most ardent supporters. Goan women are embracing ...

What just happened? Researchers in Sweden have developed a new type of conductive silk thread that can transform textiles into thermoelectric generators. The innovative material harnesses the ...

A research team led by Chalmers University of Technology in Sweden has presented a common silk thread coated with a conductive plastic material that exhibits promising properties for converting ...

Now a research group presents an ordinary silk thread, coated with a conductive plastic material, that shows promising properties for turning textiles into electricity generators. Imagine a ...

The lime green bugs were everywhere, dangling from silken threads and spinning acrobatically in an effort to lower themselves to the ground. Also known as cankerworms or geometer caterpillars ...

When these cocoons are used in making silk threads there is very little chance of breaking and higher quality thread can be produced. However, this year farmers are worried about the stagnant prices.

First, the weaver uses natural silk threads to create a grid. They then interweave coloured threads through this before cutting at transition points to leave star-like marks. “[Kesi] has ...