His company, Bolt Threads, has engineered a sustainable and versatile material from synthetic spider silk that may one day be used to make iPad covers, car seats, and even name-brand clothing.

SPIDER SILK! This kid is trusting his life to ... it and make threads out of carbon nanotubes, you can make lightweight clothing that would be stronger than Kevlar." So when you really think ...

Charlotte’s Web didn’t go into great detail about the different types of silk that a spider can produce, but the video and screencap after the break give a rundown of how spiders make ...

While this new material draws comparisons to Spider-Man’s web-slinging, the researchers worked with silk from silkworms — ...

Despite being only a sixth the density, spider silk is five times stronger than steel. In addition to being a very comfortable material to wear, this low-density fibre is notorious for its ...

The labs will refuse sequences with repetitious snippets, and spider silk is long repeating chains. [Justin] has to make his recurrent silk look unique all the way through, and so he has to tweak ...

TSURUOKA, Yamagata Prefecture--A biotechnology startup based here is drawing major attention from investors for its development of spider silk ... The tag on clothing jointly made with Goldwin ...