Silk is an animal protein fibre produced by certain insects and arachnids as building material for cocoons and webs. When this is done in captivity to make fine fabrics, it is called sericulture. The origin of producing and weaving silk by humans is clouded in mystery, though it is universally accepted that it did begin in China around the middle of 3rd century BC. By 2nd century CE, India was producing silk and exporting it to Persia. Though it was an Asian supersecret, eventually the whole industry went ‘viral’ and now we can find silk literally everywhere. Around 1865, Louis Pasteur worked extensively with silkworms to understand the problem of infectious diseases, especially that of silkworm disease. He was able to save silkworms by preserving their […]
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