What if doctors could guide life-saving treatments through the body using only a magnet? An interdisciplinary collaboration ...

Silk needles deliver nutrients directly into plants, cutting chemical waste and boosting crop health with precision.

When farmers apply pesticides to their crops, 30 to 50% of the chemicals end up in the air or soil instead of on the plants.

MIT and Singapore researchers developed silk microneedles to efficiently deliver nutrients to plants, potentially reducing ...

Researchers at the University of Pittsburgh develop silk iron microparticles for targeted drug delivery using magnetic ...

To make silk, B. mori produce a composite strand of two proteins — fibroin and sericin. Fibroin serves as the silk’s structural core, while sericin serves as the silk’s sticky coating, causing the ...

A silk fibroin screw fabricated with golden nanorods can be heated to 160 C when exposed to infrared light emitted by an LED. Disclaimer: AAAS and EurekAlert! are not responsible for the accuracy ...

into the water-based fibroin solution. The solution was then cast on a holographic diffraction-grating master mould to obtain free-standing silk gratings with a grating pitch of 600 grooves per ...

Vaxess’ patch is applied with a preloaded applicator. Bioactive tips made from silk fibroin proteins are located on the patch and gradually dissolve into the body, releasing the vaccines or drug ...