The Connecticut State Museum of Natural History, part of the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences at UConn, presents “Spectacular Silkworms,” a lecture by Ann Galonska, director of the Mansfield ...

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This process, when combined with the novel polymer design features in silk proteins, retains sufficient water to keep the protein soluble, while allowing the protein to self-organize and reach ...

INDIO HATUEY, Cuba, May 22 (Reuters) - Cuban biochemist Dayron Martin, dressed in a white lab coat and jeans, looks over a table swarming with silkworms with the admiration of a proud father. Hundreds ...

MEDFORD/SOMERVILLE, Mass. – Tufts University bioengineers have discovered how spiders and silkworms are able to spin webs and cocoons made of incredibly strong fibers. The answer lies in how they ...