Because satin is a weave pattern, you can have a satin fabric made out of silk fibers. Therefore, a satin pillowcase can (confusingly) also be a silk pillowcase. On the other hand, a satin ...

Following is a transcript of the video. Narrator: Humans have been making silk for centuries. It's a coveted textile for gowns, sheets, and robes. But why is it so expensive? Silk is the product ...

While silk wouldn’t have made sense for me at 10 or even 15, it has become a go-to in adulthood and is less cost-prohibitive than in years past. When silk pillowcases initially became popular ...

Almost all of the pajamas here are made from 100 percent silk (the only one that isn’t is 97 percent silk and 3 percent elastane), including one that has the texture of frosted blueberries and ...

and the final product can cost 10 times as much as regular silk. So just how is it made, and what makes it so expensive? Phan Thi Thuan's family have been making silk for generations, growing and ...

These intricate structures, created entirely from silk, allow spiders to capture prey, build shelter and even communicate. Spider webs are shockingly durable, made with materials that, gram for ...

In this case, we’re talking about genetically modified yeast that produces spider silk. If that sounds like a lead-in to some Spiderman jokes and sci-fi references, you are correct on both accounts.

Tufts University biotech researcher Marco Lo Presti accidentally discovered a "remote adhesive" that acts like Spider-Man ...