What do all of the over 45,000 described spider species on Earth have in common? Each makes at least one type of silk. And there are an awful lot of types out there. An individual orb-weaving spider — ...

Producing effective epidermal electronics requires a strong, biocompatible interface between a biological surface and a sensor. Here, a KAIST team employed a calcium-modified silk fibroin as a ...

Schematic and photograph of a hydrogel patch adhered on the human skin through the silk adhesive. (Image: KAIST) Recently, biocompatible silk fibroins has been increasingly used for flexible ...

SOMERVILLE, Mass. — Professor Fiorenzo Omenetto and research assistant Marco Lo Presti and their team at Silklab create silk-based inventions that are inspired by nature, such as silk from various ...