经过测试，挤出的“网状串”纤维能够提起超过自身重量80倍的物体。研究人员成功地从大约12厘米的距离内拿起了一个蚕茧、一个钢螺栓、一个漂浮在水面上的实验管、一把半埋在沙子里的手术刀和一个木块。

Educators from more than 24 schools and districts throughout the region gathered at Greenfield Community College Wednesday ...

Eastworks Open Studios More than 40 resident artists, businesses and nonprofits who use space at Eastworks will showcase ...

人类自从出现在地球上，就开始了对其他物种的探索，而“驯化”更是人类文明向前迈进的一大步。时至今日，人类已经驯化了牛、马、羊、鸡、鸭、鹅等牲畜和家禽，但是，只有一种昆虫被完全驯化了，那就是家蚕。 唯一完全被人类驯化的昆虫 家蚕（Bombyx ...

Marco Lo Presti, who is the lead study author and an assistant professor at Tufts University was trying to create powerful adhesives using silk fibroin, the protein produced by silkworms (Bombyx ...

Researchers explore how the domesticated flightless silkworm moth (Bombyx mori), a prominent insect model in olfactory research, uses wing flapping to manipulate airflow, enhancing their ability ...

The silkworm moth (Bombyx mori) is an insect that no longer flies due to domestication. The males use their antennae to detect pheromones emitted by females and respond very acutely, and have been ...