Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I'm an American writer working in fiction and nonfiction. The result was goat milk that contains spider silk protein that can be ...

Sam Raimi's Spider-Man, starring Tobey Maguire, celebrates its 20th anniversary today. The film, which helped kick off the superhero movie craze, told the story of Peter Parker's transformation from ...

SALT LAKE CITY -- A bio-art project to create bulletproof skin has given a Utah State researcher even more hope his genetically engineered spider silk can be used to help surgeons heal large wounds ...

For years, the CRISPR-Cas9 genome technology has been reshaping genetic engineering, a precision tool to transform everything from agriculture to medicine. With its incredible efficiency, this ...

SALT LAKE CITY - A bio-art project to create bulletproof skin has given a Utah State University researcher more hope his genetically engineered spider silk can be used to help surgeons heal large ...

Mention silk and most people think of mulberry silkworms, whose cocoons unravel into fine white strands when washed with soap in warm water. They account for 90% of silk production in the world; most ...

Scientist Jalila Essaidi is taking the milk from genetically modified "Spider Goats” and somehow using it to make our skin bulletproof. This all started because a man has been trying to find countless ...

The strength and robustness of spider silk have long fascinated scientists and engineers. Recent research indicates that synthetic spider silk could potentially outperform steel in a number of tests, ...

With two pairs of fine-tipped tweezers and the hands of a surgeon, Cheryl Hayashi began dissecting the body of a silver garden spider under her microscope. In just a few minutes she found what she was ...