Montana indie rock greats Silkworm, whose original run was 1987 – 2005, are reuniting for their first official shows in 20 years. The news came via Vish Khana’s Kreative Kontrol podcast, as band ...

As one of the strongest materials known to science, spider silk regularly finds itself at the center of exciting engineering breakthroughs, and a new study involving a quick chemical bath could take ...

Silkworm formed in Missoula, Montana, in 1987 and relocated to Seattle in 1990. Soon after, the indie-rock trio forged a bond with Chicago-based recording engineer Steve Albini, a fellow Montanan, who ...

Montana indie rock greats Silkworm (Tim Midyett, Joel RL Phelps, Andrew Cohen and Jeff Panall) reunited for their first official shows in nearly 20 years back in September, and they’ve now announced a ...

Spiders hold the market for the strongest silks but are too aggressive and territorial to be farmed. The next best alternative involves incorporating spider DNA into silkworms, an expensive and ...

Current methods for repairing injured nerves can be hit-and-miss and are restricted to repair over short distances. For the first time, researchers have combined two kinds of silk to create a ...

The gene pool of silkworm resources at Southwest University in Southwest China's Chongqing Municipality has been confirmed as a national gene pool of the species with the longest history in China, ...