About 5,000 families cultivate silk in Afghanistan -- harvesting silkworm cocoons that are then spun into yarn. Most of these cocoons are exported abroad, with about 40 percent spun into thread in ...

Most of us are familiar with silk as a fine fabric that is made into neckties and dresses. As a textile, silk is highly valued because it is shiny and smooth, strong yet lightweight, and it can be ...

For a millennium, traders brought silk fabrics from the Far East along the Silk Road to Europe, where the beautiful yet tough material was fashioned into dazzling clothes. Today bioengineers are ...

(Illustrations from A Treatise on the Mulberry Tree and Silkworm and on the Manufacture and Production of Silk, 1839. Courtesy of York County Heritage Trust Library/Archives) Silk has been prized for ...

p>GUWAHATI, India (AlertNet) - Rising temperatures and changing weather patterns linked to global warming are threatening the silk industry in India's northeast, jeopardising the livelihoods of more ...

An unprecedented support for pre-cocoon activities has rejuvenated the traditional silk industry in Assam’s Bodoland Territorial Region (BTR), helping increase the annual income of silkworm farmers by ...

The French company Sericyne won’t detail how it gets worms to weave specific shapes, but its online boutique sells the results. By Felicia Craddock MONOBLET, France — On a clear day in early fall, ...

Using silk fibers coated with carbon nanotubes, researchers have spun tough, conductive yarn that can be knit or woven into wearable sensors and other electronic devices (Matter 2019, DOI: ...

Prices of silk cocoons have fallen since September 2018 Image: Shutterstock Ramanagara became famous in the 1970s when the blockbuster Sholay was shot there. As you enter the town, about 50 km from ...

Minister for Micro, Small, and Medium Enterprises (MSME) T.M. Anbarasan said that the production of silk yarn, which was 1,834 metric tonnes, has now increased to 2,728 metric tonnes, and soon Tamil ...

Eri silk goes by many names. In Assam, it’s simply Eri. In Meghalaya, it’s known as Ryndia. It is also widely marketed as ...