New method of unreeling cocoons could extend silk industry beyond Asia
Tuesday, May 17, 2011 - 12:31
in Biology & Nature
The development and successful testing of a method for unreeling the strands of silk in wild silkworm cocoons could clear the way for establishment of new silk industries not only in Asia but also in vast areas of Africa and South America. The report appears in ACS' journal Biomacromolecules.