Unraveling the secret of silk that's more alive than dead
Hannes Schniepp and Sean Koebley talk about silk as being either alive or dead.
Materials Science
Oct 8, 2015
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News tagged with cocoons
Learning from nature's silky skills
Why have we never been able to manufacture fibers as strong and tough as the silks spun by silkworms and spiders?
Materials Science
Aug 21, 2015
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Wasp masters manipulate web-building zombie slave spiders
Some wasps have unpleasant habits. Hijacking an unsuspecting insect or spider, parasitic wasps incapacitate their hapless victims by taking control of their nervous systems and turning them into zombies. Once the wasp has ...
Plants & Animals
Aug 5, 2015
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50 million year old sperm cells found in fossilized cocoon
(Phys.org)—A small team of researchers with members from institutions in Sweden, Argentina and Italy, has discovered fossilized sperm cells embedded in the walls of an ancient cocoon. In their paper published in the journal ...
Newly discovered caterpillar makes its cocoon out of flakes of dried resin
A new caterpillar has been discovered with the unique ability to make its cocoon out of flakes of dried resin - a sticky substance exuded from trees that hardens over time.
Plants & Animals
Jan 27, 2015
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Bio-inspired 'nano-cocoons' offer targeted drug delivery against cancer cells
Biomedical engineering researchers have developed a drug delivery system consisting of nanoscale "cocoons" made of DNA that target cancer cells and trick the cells into absorbing the cocoon before unleashing anticancer drugs. ...
Bio & Medicine
Oct 14, 2014
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Paralysis promises smart silk technology
(Phys.org) —Oxford University researchers have harnessed the natural defence mechanism of silkworms, which causes paralysis, in what is a major step towards the large-scale production of silks with tailor-made properties.
Materials Science
Sep 19, 2013
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Embracing Orion
(Phys.org) —This new view of the Orion A star-formation cloud from ESA's Herschel space observatory shows the turbulent region of space that hugs the famous Orion Nebula.
Astronomy
Aug 26, 2013
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GM silkworms bred to spin fluorescent
(Phys.org) —Scientists in Japan have genetically engineered silkworms to create red, green or orange silks that glow under fluorescent lights.
A new species of yellow slug moth from China
The moth genus Monema is represented by medium-sized yellowish species. The genus belongs to the Limacodidae family also known as the slug moths due to the distinct resemblance of their caterpillars to some slug species. ...
Plants & Animals
Jun 4, 2013
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