A pioneering study conducted by Professor Fangyin Dai's team at Southwest University introduces a novel strategy for bone ...

These are the remnants of silkworm larvae, stricken by the white blight and left to wither. Unfulfilled in their transformation, they bear their natural pallor. Ingredients are items that are ...

The district registered a record rise in production of silkworm cocoons in 2024. It saw a yield of 29.10 lakh cocoons in the ...

The Department of Sericulture’s production statistics for the financial year 2023-24, showcases substantial progress across ...

Outside, the storm was letting up. The rain grew softer against the restaurant window until it stopped. Red sauce pooled at the bottom of Quique’s plate like warm blood ready to pump through a ...

In 2022, as part of a pilot project to check viability of sericulture, the state forest department had provided training and ...

But why is it so expensive? 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 ...

In the mid 1800s, a pervasive disease decimated silkworm agriculture in France. In an effort to save the silk-production industry, the French government persuaded Louis Pasteur, well-respected for ...

But the caterpillars needed to make it are in danger. So what's happening to the muga silkworm? And why is this silk so expensive? More from So Expensive Unlike any other fabric, muga silk has a ...