#silk — Public Fediverse posts

💁🏻‍♀️ ICYMI: 🪲🌳 Dr. Adrian Smith examines how the imported #tree of heaven supports the spread of spotted #lanternflies and ailanthus #webworms across the #US.

High-speed #video captures both #insects jumping into #flight, while researchers test traps to protect #crops from lanternfly damage.

👉 Learn more: https://seethis.tv/post/invasive-species-video-lanternflies-tree-of-heaven

#animals #biology #caterpillars #ecosystem #entomology #flying #insects #invasivespecies #moth #nature #patterns #plants #science #silk #slowmotion #timelapse #wings #womeninstem #tksst

💁🏻‍♀️ ICYMI: 🪲🌳 Dr. Adrian Smith examines how the imported #tree of heaven supports the spread of spotted #lanternflies and ailanthus #webworms across the #US.

High-speed #video captures both #insects jumping into #flight, while researchers test traps to protect #crops from lanternfly damage.

👉 Learn more: https://seethis.tv/post/invasive-species-video-lanternflies-tree-of-heaven

#animals #biology #caterpillars #ecosystem #entomology #flying #insects #invasivespecies #moth #nature #patterns #plants #science #silk #slowmotion #timelapse #wings #womeninstem #tksst

💁🏻‍♀️ NEW: 🪲🌳 Dr. Adrian Smith examines how the imported #tree of heaven supports the spread of spotted #lanternflies and ailanthus #webworms across the #US.

High-speed #video captures both #insects jumping into #flight, while researchers test traps to protect #crops from lanternfly damage.

👉 Learn more: https://seethis.tv/post/invasive-species-video-lanternflies-tree-of-heaven

#animals #biology #caterpillars #ecosystem #entomology #flying #insects #invasivespecies #moth #nature #patterns #plants #science #silk #slowmotion #timelapse #wings #womeninstem #tksst

Freak Me 💩
#Silk
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ry6XUsow4Vg

💁🏻‍♀️ TIL: 🕸️🧬 Spider #silk gets its toughness from spidroin #proteins built of stiff blocks and stretchy springs, which #spiders spin into fiber at room temperature.

Scientists researching biomaterials now engineer silk in #bacteria to form drug-delivery reservoirs, wound scaffolds, and even #3D-printed bone-repair structures.

👉 https://theconversation.com/producing-spider-silk-is-a-biological-feat-scientists-are-using-it-to-develop-materials-for-drug-delivery-and-wound-care-288868

#science #biology #medicine #engineering #materials #insects #nature #research

Unlike the familiar beta-sheet silk produced by #Silkworms, bee #Silk is a unique biological material spun by bee larvae to construct protective cocoons inside hive cells prior to pupation.

Scientists classify bee silk as a promising biopolymeric #Supermaterial because of its rare blend of mechanical resilience, chemical stability, and processability.

https://knowledgezone.co.in/posts/Bee-Silk--Supermaterial-6a6984e327febab0998f6001

#Mars could have lived, even without a #MagneticField : Medium

#Scientists detect a #Sharp #Acceleration in #GlobalWarming : Misc

Most #People Have No #Idea That #Bees Make #Silk – And Scientists Just Worked Out How to Use It : Misc

Latest #KnowledgeLinks

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23-Jul-2026
#Silkworm cultivation predated the #SilkRoad in southern #CentralAsia
Silk production skills reached Central Asia as early as 4,000 years ago, long before start of #Silk Road trading route, WashU research finds

https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/1136829

#science #history #textile #materials

Just going to drop this here without any context whatsoever
#books #silk #moths

Bling-Bling!' #FotoVorschlag

#silk #glamourstyle #weaving #MagicInTheMundane #naturephotography #natureart #NatureWatch

Naz* sits in #Tehran every day creating #clothing of shimmering #silk, sheer #fabrics and bold splashes of color. She creates these #gowns not only for #parties, #weddings and #birthdays, but also to add some color to everyday #life

Freak Me 🧔‍♀️
#Silk
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j2vtQt6Ir4w

💁🏻‍♀️ TIL: Asa Barber’s team at the University of #Portsmouth found that common #limpet #teeth are five times stronger than #spider #silk, making them the strongest known natural material.

Their goethite nanofiber #protein composite can withstand pressures comparable to turning #carbon into #diamond and could inspire synthetic materials.

👉 https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/spider-silk-loses-top-spot-natures-strongest-material-snails-teeth-180954346/

#snails #science #biomimicry #nature #spiders #nanotechnology #goethite #biology #engineering #royalsociety #animals #wildlife #mollusks

I need to stress that the last 20 pages have been an elaborate history of the bulletproof vest, which has then turned into, I guess, an alternate history where Archduke Ferdinand both owned and wore one *and* hadn’t been shot in a specific way, we could have avoided WWI.
…yeah, I guess that’s probably true! Would love to get back to the actual research though thanks
#books #silk #moths

I understand what’s happening here, but the way they’re describing it makes this sound like the setup for a macabre magic trick of unending handkerchiefs
#books #silk #moths

Soul of Leila is a luxury resortwear brand inspired by silk, movement and Mediterranean elegance. The SS’26 Granada Resort Collection brings together expressive prints, fluid silhouettes and confident femininity.

Discover the collection:
https://www.soulofleila.com

#soulofleila #clothing #silk #dress #fashion #ss26

Snails' Teeth Beats Spider Silk as Nature's Strongest Material

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/spider-silk-loses-top-spot-natures-strongest-material-snails-teeth-180954346/

Comments: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48862252

#HackerNews #snails #teeth #spider #silk #strongest #material #nature #science #news

Freak Me ☠
#Silk
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GMcQF3kBO7E

I’m sorry, *what?!* It looks like spider silk really was used in reticles for things like telescopes, but then all kinds of military equipment during WWII. I don’t even know what to do with this, there is at *least* one Metal Gear Solid character in this concept
#books #silk

I was really worried about where the rest of this paragraph was going to go for a moment
#books #moths #silk

There are entire websites, tumblrs dedicated to this
#books #moths #silk

Not content with killing one person at the start of each chapter, Prasad escalates to the death of an entire city this time around
I’m not making this up, near ever chapter starts this way
#books #moths #silk

“Aha, they’ve fallen for my trap! I certainly did not want to sell these incredibly rare pieces of which only ~15 can be made per year and of which I am one of only a handful of artisans who even know how to work with it in the entire world!”
#books #moths #silk

I need you to know that the last 30ish pages have been dedicated to silk made from the pinna nobilis, a mollusk with hair. About half of that has been a deep dive into how long we as humans have been weaving with it. As much as I usually enjoy detail like this, I am losing steam fast on this section
#books #moths #silk

And again!
#books #moths #silk

Once again we start a chapter specifically outlining the death of the person we’ll be meeting in this chapter. At this point, this is becoming the “Webster’s Dictionary defines…” for this author
#books #moths #silk

How is it that we are halfway through this book and only just now naming for the first time the descriptor for this field?
Does this mean that silk farmers can be described as “serious”?
#books #silk #moths

The Water Women: A Novel

"A golden thread will connect them"

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by Bonnie Blaylock
Rating: 4.4/5 (10,842 Reviews)

#historicalfiction #womensfiction #romance #books #sardinia #war #family #mothers #daughters #sea #silk #booksky

The Water Women: A Novel