The Chinese monopoly on silk extended for thousands of years ... creating intricate and highly sought-after fabrics that set ...

The story of silk is full of the extraordinary. First Paraguay and Suriname have caterpillars larger than any in Europe, ...

It suggested that “a dual-layer composite fabric inspired by Han dynasty jacquard ... faces an engineering problem which an ancient Chinese silk-weaving tactic may solve. The Lockheed Martin ...

cultivation of silk has been an integral branch of Suzhou’s past. Cultivation and trade of the fabric in China as a whole dates back over 5,000 years. Silks were originally reserved for the ...

In Yizhou District of Hechi City, south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, sci-tech enabled modern sericulture and silk production are helping the locality step onto a path of high-quality ...

Waves of Fortune: China's Maritime Silk Road is available to stream on pbs.org and the free PBS App, available on iPhone, Apple TV, Android TV, Android smartphones, Amazon Fire TV, Amazon Fire ...

One of the most advanced fighter jets in the U.S. Air Force’s arsenal faces an engineering problem which an ancient Chinese silk-weaving ... dual-layer composite fabric inspired by Han dynasty ...