Researchers have found an eco-friendly approach that can eliminate the use of toxic chemicals in silk processing. Traditionally, toxic chemicals like sodium carbonate, sodium hydroxide, sulfuric acid, ...
The silk fibroin protein that silkworms spin into cocoons is prized for its mechanical properties. But the complex network of hydrogen-bonded β-sheets that give silk its strength and flexibility also ...
Khadi and Village Industries Commission (KVIC) on Friday inaugurated the first silk processing plant at Surendranagar in Gujarat. This would help cut down the cost of production of silk yarn ...
Hannes Schniepp and Sean Koebley talk about silk as being either alive or dead. They aren’t talking about the silk of scarves and dresses. The finest garment-quality silks are made gently, by boiling ...
Silk producers based in Malda have demanded at least one processing unit be set up in the district and sought arrangements to protect cocoons from which the yarn is made. The demand was raised during ...
Ghana is acquiring technology and knowledge from India to develop its sericulture and silk production industry, the Financial Express, an Indian publication has reported. Sericulture is the production ...
ANN ARBOR, Mich., April 17, 2017 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Kraig Biocraft Laboratories, Inc. (OTCQB:KBLB) (“Company”), the leading developer of spider silk based fibers, announced today that it is expanding ...
Kampala — Thirteen years ago, Bushenyi farmers decided to diversify into mulberry growing, silkworm rearing and cocoon production. These are the essentials for setting up a silk industry. Since then ...
Farmers engaged in sericulture are in a difficult situation after the departure of a Korean company called HEworks Rwanda Silk Ltd, a company that had ventured into Rwanda's silk sector. Sericulture ...
ITHARI: Resham Purification Centre here in the eastern region has shut down recently. Its machines, worth of crores of rupees, stopped operating after the Ministry for Agriculture reduced investment ...
Researchers have found an eco-friendly approach that can eliminate the use of toxic chemicals in silk processing. Traditionally, toxic chemicals like sodium carbonate, sodium hydroxide, sulfuric acid ...
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