Emeryville-based Bolt Threads produces a spider silk-like material for use in making clothes and is valued at $100 million. Bolt Threads emerged from stealth with $32.3 million in Series B funding on ...

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The latest episode in the American Chemical Society's (ACS') award-winning Global Challenges/Chemistry Solutions podcast series describes a simple, inexpensive dip-and-dry treatment can convert ...

Biologists have inserted spider genes into silkworms, allowing them to produce strong, elastic threads that may be used to make sutures and wound-healing bandages as well as bulletproof vests and ...