An exhibition at Laos’ Sofitel Luang Prabang hotel highlights how artisans are both preserving the traditional art form and modernising it.

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Struggling Solapuri silk weavers demand recognition and benefits from the government to preserve their dying craft.

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This new spider-inspired robot can spin its own components and tools on demand using heated polymer technology.

When they weave their webs, spiders pull their silk threads. New simulations show stretching during spinning causes the protein chains within the fibers to align and the number of hydrogen bonds ...

Surface tension causes the liquid silk to break into the sticky droplets. It usually takes around an hour for a spider to ...

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