All too often, when a breast cancer survivor gets implants to replace surgically removed breasts, she finds herself back in the operating room in a matter of years due to complications with the ...

How often do you end up throwing out fruit that spoiled before you could eat it? Well, it may soon be happening a lot less, thanks to a silk-based coating being developed at Tufts University in ...

Fibroin, an insoluble protein found in silk, has a remarkable ability to protect fruits and vegetables while being fully biocompatible and biodegradable. Half of the world's fruit and vegetable crops ...

Your favourite strawberries and bananas can stay fresh for more than a week without refrigeration if they are coated in a thin, odourless, biocompatible silk solution, says a study. Silk's unique ...

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: ...

In a move that could help feed the world's ever-growing population, researchers at MIT have developed a silk covering that allows seeds to grow in high-salinity soils. In addition to providing ...

A lot of fresh fruit and vegetables spoil between the farm and your mouth. But a team of Tufts University researchers has developed a silk coating that could help keep fruit from turning without the ...

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PLANEGG, Germany—AMSilk GmbH has completed preclinical testing of its silicone implant coating made from spider silk. The silk modifies the implant for a more acceptable surface to the human tissue.

Fruits can stay fresh for more than a week without refrigeration if they are coated in an odourless, biocompatible silk solution so thin as to be virtually invisible, researchers have found. The ...