The cortical protein material (sericin) is readily dispersed by hot solutions of soap or mild alkali, while the protein material (fibroin) forming the core of the filament is insoluble in water ...

Researchers have developed a method to create a two-dimensional silk protein layer on graphene, enhancing its potential in ...

Devices were fabricated by simply mixing an organic indicator (phenol red), an enzyme (horseradish peroxidase) or a small protein (haemoglobin) into the water-based fibroin solution. The solution ...

Memristors, used in neural networks, allow computers to mimic how the human brain functions. Atomic force microscope image of ...

The researchers used a self-assembly method in which the silk fibroin protein is suspended in water and then templated into ...

A new filtration material might provide a nature-based solution to water contamination by PFAS chemicals. The material, based on natural silk and cellulose, can remove a wide variety of these 'forever ...

Researchers at MIT have developed a new filtration material that could offer a nature-based solution to this persistent ...

After thousands of years as a highly valuable commodity, silk continues to surprise. Now it may help usher in a whole new ...

A filtration material based on natural silk and cellulose could prove effective in removing PFAS, better known as known as ...

Chronic diabetic wounds confront a significant medical challenge because of increasing prevalence and difficult-healing ...

Through a collaboration with Germany-based startup Senorics, near-infrared (NIR) spectroscopy will be employed to verify the ...

While several proteases are capable of degrading soluble silk fibroin proteins, certain spiders produce a digestive protease that can degrade solid major ampullate silk fibers in vitro. Because this ...