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The breeding of silk-worms is becoming an important branch ot industry in Germany ; and is so in the northern as well as the southern parts, though the general impression is that silk worms cannot ...

As the researchers report in Genes & Development (13, 511–515, 1999), the silk glands (see inset) and fiber from the worms containing the fusion gene glowed green. A major advantage of this ...

Silk is the product of the domesticated silkworm, Bombyx mori. The caterpillars eat constantly. They're fed mulberry leaves five times a day. After 45 days of munching and growing, the worms are ...

A new documentary explores how climate change, pesticide use, and a shrinking market are pushing Muga silk toward collapse ...